Fatal crash profile · Model

Nissan Frontier

Compared with Nissan · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
1,053
Fatal crashes
1,053
Deaths inside
609
Other deaths
555

Between 2020 and 2024, 1,053 vehicles described as Nissan Frontier were involved in 1,053 fatal crashes in the United States. 609 people died inside these vehicles and 555 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 pickup trucks or with all vehicles.

Overview

Vehicles in fatal crashes

Vehicles in fatal crashes by year
Category Vehicles
2020 185
2021 212
2022 233
2023 222
2024 201

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

52%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About the same as the share for Nissan: 54%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 89 111
2021 121 113
2022 142 117
2023 141 106
2024 116 108

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

15%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About 90 percent of the share for Nissan: 17%
  • About 80 percent of the share for all vehicles: 19%

18%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About the same as the share for Nissan: 18%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 18%

44%

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

  • About 85 percent of the share for Nissan: 53%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Nissan Frontier Nissan All vehicles
Driver speeding 15.4% 17.3% 19.0%
Driver drinking 17.7% 17.6% 17.7%
At night 44.4% 53.3% 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 781
Cloudy 148
Rain 70
Fog, Smog, Smoke 11
Snow 5

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 558
Dark - Not Lighted 277
Dark - Lighted 150
Dawn 30
Dusk 26

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
California 126
Texas 114
Florida 102
Tennessee 73
Georgia 46
North Carolina 46
Arizona 43
Louisiana 35
Alabama 35
South Carolina 32

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Nissan Frontier 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
Jul 3, 2023 Buchanan County, Virginia 1
Jul 3, 2023 Pelion, Lexington County, South Carolina 1
Jul 1, 2023 Congress, Yavapai County, Arizona 1
Jun 24, 2023 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 1
Jun 22, 2023 Delta County, Texas 2
Jun 20, 2023 Pinal County, Arizona 1
Jun 19, 2023 Covington, Newton County, Georgia 1
Jun 19, 2023 Sevier County, Arkansas 1
Jun 18, 2023 Riverside County, California 1
Jun 17, 2023 Summerville, Chattooga County, Georgia 1
Jun 16, 2023 Alexander County, North Carolina 1
Jun 16, 2023 Caroline County, Maryland 1
Jun 16, 2023 Melbourne, Brevard County, Florida 1
Jun 16, 2023 Cherokee County, Alabama 1
Jun 13, 2023 Osceola County, Florida 1
Jun 11, 2023 Lake Forest, Orange County, California 1
Jun 6, 2023 La Grange, Troup County, Georgia 1
Jun 4, 2023 Loudoun County, Virginia 1
Jun 2, 2023 Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina 1
Jun 2, 2023 Webster County, Georgia 1
May 30, 2023 Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia 1
May 30, 2023 Comal County, Texas 1
May 29, 2023 Pa`ia, Maui County, Hawaii 1
May 28, 2023 Orange, Orange County, Virginia 1
May 28, 2023 Taney County, Missouri 1

Compare Nissan Frontier 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.