Fatal crash profile · Model

Jeep Cherokee

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Vehicles, 2020–2024
1,180
Fatal crashes
1,177
Deaths inside
538
Other deaths
785

Between 2020 and 2024, 1,180 vehicles described as Jeep Cherokee were involved in 1,177 fatal crashes in the United States. 538 people died inside these vehicles and 785 people outside them (occupants of other vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists) died in the same crashes.

Counts show how often this vehicle appears in fatal crashes. They also reflect how many are on the road, so they are not a safety rating. See how it compares with other suvs or with all vehicles.

Overview

Vehicles in fatal crashes

Vehicles in fatal crashes by year
Category Vehicles
2020 199
2021 226
2022 265
2023 252
2024 238

Reflects how many of these vehicles are on the road as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

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Deaths

Who died in these crashes

41%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About the same as the share for Jeep: 43%
  • About 80 percent of the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 89 130
2021 108 145
2022 123 174
2023 120 170
2024 98 166

Other road users are occupants of other vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists killed in the same crashes.

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Crash factors

Speeding, drinking and night-time crashes

16%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About the same as the share for Jeep: 16%
  • About 85 percent of the share for all vehicles: 19%

17%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 90 percent of the share for Jeep: 20%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 18%

49%

of these vehicles crashed at night (6pm–6am)

  • About the same as the share for Jeep: 51%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Jeep Cherokee Jeep All vehicles
Driver speeding 15.9% 16.5% 19.0%
Driver drinking 17.5% 19.8% 17.7%
At night 48.9% 50.8% 49.3%

Share of vehicles in fatal crashes. Speeding and drinking are as recorded for the driver in police reports.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 835
Cloudy 170
Rain 80
Fog, Smog, Smoke 12
Snow 12

Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Daylight 600
Dark - Not Lighted 298
Dark - Lighted 210
Dusk 29
Dawn 19

Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Where

States with the most crashes

States with the most of these vehicles in fatal crashes
Category Vehicles
Texas 108
California 76
Florida 71
Michigan 65
Pennsylvania 52
North Carolina 51
New York 43
Illinois 41
Wisconsin 39
Virginia 38

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Jeep Cherokee by model year

Models and model years with fewer than 10 fatal crashes have no page of their own.

Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date Location Deaths
Nov 18, 2020 Clackamas County, Oregon 2
Nov 12, 2020 Iowa County, Iowa 1
Nov 12, 2020 DeKalb County, Illinois 1
Nov 11, 2020 Elmore County, Idaho 1
Nov 10, 2020 Clinton County, Pennsylvania 1
Nov 10, 2020 Bottineau County, North Dakota 1
Nov 10, 2020 Alamogordo, Otero County, New Mexico 1
Nov 10, 2020 Bagley, Clearwater County, Minnesota 1
Nov 8, 2020 Citrus County, Florida 1
Nov 7, 2020 Newark, Essex County, New Jersey 1
Nov 5, 2020 Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana 2
Nov 5, 2020 Fresno County, California 1
Nov 5, 2020 Jefferson County, Arkansas 1
Nov 1, 2020 Dodge County, Wisconsin 1
Oct 29, 2020 Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County, California 1
Oct 27, 2020 Lewisville, Denton County, Texas 1
Oct 23, 2020 Decatur County, Indiana 1
Oct 23, 2020 DeKalb County, Georgia 1
Oct 19, 2020 Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin 1
Oct 19, 2020 Morrison County, Minnesota 2
Oct 18, 2020 Kannapolis, Cabarrus County, North Carolina 1
Oct 13, 2020 Grant County, Washington 1
Oct 10, 2020 Orangeburg County, South Carolina 1
Oct 9, 2020 Queensbury, Warren County, New York 1
Oct 6, 2020 Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia 1

Compare Jeep Cherokee with another vehicle

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020–2024. Vehicle make and model as decoded by NHTSA's vPIC service. "All vehicles" covers every vehicle with a known make.