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
May 17, 2021 Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana 1
May 15, 2021 Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee 1
May 15, 2021 Captain Cook, Hawaii County, Hawaii 1
May 14, 2021 Cocoa, Brevard County, Florida 1
May 10, 2021 Huntington, Suffolk County, New York 1
May 10, 2021 Socorro County, New Mexico 1
May 10, 2021 DeKalb County, Alabama 1
May 8, 2021 Orem, Utah County, Utah 1
May 7, 2021 Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina 1
May 5, 2021 Alvin, Brazoria County, Texas 2
May 4, 2021 Cusseta, Chattahoochee County, Georgia 1
May 3, 2021 Lonoke, Lonoke County, Arkansas 1
May 3, 2021 Escambia County, Alabama 1
May 1, 2021 Greene County, Tennessee 1
Apr 29, 2021 Rutherford County, Tennessee 3
Apr 29, 2021 Lake Village, Chicot County, Arkansas 1
Apr 25, 2021 Gila Bend, Maricopa County, Arizona 1
Apr 23, 2021 Jefferson County, Missouri 1
Apr 23, 2021 Acadia Parish, Louisiana 2
Apr 23, 2021 Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona 1
Apr 22, 2021 El Paso, El Paso County, Texas 1
Apr 22, 2021 Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina 1
Apr 17, 2021 Marion County, Florida 1
Apr 16, 2021 Los Angeles County, California 1
Apr 15, 2021 Jackson, Madison 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.