Fatal crash profile · Model

Nissan Maxima

Compared with Nissan · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
1,059
Fatal crashes
1,058
Deaths inside
689
Other deaths
500

Between 2020 and 2024, 1,059 vehicles described as Nissan Maxima were involved in 1,058 fatal crashes in the United States. 689 people died inside these vehicles and 500 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 cars or with all vehicles.

Overview

Vehicles in fatal crashes

Vehicles in fatal crashes by year
Category Vehicles
2020 232
2021 235
2022 225
2023 200
2024 167

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

58%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About the same as the share for Nissan: 54%
  • About 1.1 times the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 160 98
2021 159 112
2022 141 120
2023 122 96
2024 107 74

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

25%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About 1.4 times the share for Nissan: 17%
  • About 1.3 times the share for all vehicles: 19%

25%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 1.4 times the share for Nissan: 18%
  • About 1.4 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

59%

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

  • About 1.1 times the share for Nissan: 53%
  • About 1.2 times the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Nissan Maxima Nissan All vehicles
Driver speeding 24.6% 17.3% 19.0%
Driver drinking 24.8% 17.6% 17.7%
At night 59.0% 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 783
Cloudy 121
Rain 76
Fog, Smog, Smoke 18
Snow 6

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 412
Dark - Not Lighted 294
Dark - Lighted 275
Dusk 37
Dawn 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 97
Florida 94
Tennessee 90
Texas 82
Georgia 60
North Carolina 46
Mississippi 44
Alabama 44
Louisiana 41
South Carolina 38

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Nissan Maxima 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
Dec 8, 2023 Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado 1
Dec 5, 2023 San Joaquin County, California 1
Dec 4, 2023 Los Angeles County, California 1
Dec 2, 2023 Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana 1
Dec 1, 2023 Hardeman County, Tennessee 1
Dec 1, 2023 Muskingum County, Ohio 1
Dec 1, 2023 Monroe County, Alabama 1
Nov 30, 2023 Ouachita County, Arkansas 2
Nov 24, 2023 Geneva County, Alabama 1
Nov 23, 2023 Frisco, Collin County, Texas 1
Nov 23, 2023 Jones County, Mississippi 1
Nov 23, 2023 Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida 1
Nov 23, 2023 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California 2
Nov 21, 2023 Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee 1
Nov 21, 2023 Coffee County, Alabama 1
Nov 20, 2023 Copiah County, Mississippi 1
Nov 20, 2023 Monterey County, California 1
Nov 17, 2023 Harris County, Texas 1
Nov 15, 2023 Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee 1
Nov 15, 2023 Stokes County, North Carolina 1
Nov 14, 2023 Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York 1
Nov 11, 2023 Rialto, San Bernardino County, California 1
Nov 7, 2023 Amarillo, Potter County, Texas 1
Nov 6, 2023 Riverside County, California 1
Nov 5, 2023 Southampton County, Virginia 1

Compare Nissan Maxima 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.