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
Nov 28, 2021 Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana 1
Nov 25, 2021 Colquitt County, Georgia 1
Nov 24, 2021 Yakima County, Washington 1
Nov 24, 2021 Apache County, Arizona 1
Nov 22, 2021 Tyler County, Texas 1
Nov 22, 2021 Mashpee, Barnstable County, Massachusetts 1
Nov 20, 2021 Marion County, Florida 1
Nov 19, 2021 Hillsborough County, Florida 1
Nov 17, 2021 Skagit County, Washington 1
Nov 17, 2021 Lafourche Parish, Louisiana 1
Nov 16, 2021 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California 1
Nov 15, 2021 Elbert County, Georgia 1
Nov 13, 2021 Sumner County, Tennessee 1
Nov 13, 2021 Washington County, Rhode Island 1
Nov 12, 2021 Roma-Los Saenz, Starr County, Texas 1
Nov 12, 2021 Lyon County, Kentucky 1
Nov 11, 2021 Upshur County, Texas 1
Nov 11, 2021 Yolo County, California 1
Nov 8, 2021 Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland 1
Nov 7, 2021 Lewis and Clark County, Montana 1
Nov 6, 2021 Fairfax County, Virginia 1
Nov 4, 2021 Sussex County, New Jersey 1
Nov 2, 2021 Clark County, Washington 1
Nov 2, 2021 Houston, Harris County, Texas 1
Oct 29, 2021 Hardin County, Tennessee 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.