Fatal crash profile · Model

Ram 1500

Compared with Ram · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
2,722
Fatal crashes
2,694
Deaths inside
934
Other deaths
2,183

Between 2020 and 2024, 2,722 vehicles described as Ram 1500 were involved in 2,694 fatal crashes in the United States. 934 people died inside these vehicles and 2,183 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 388
2021 508
2022 585
2023 618
2024 623

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

30%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About 1.2 times the share for Ram: 25%
  • About 60 percent of the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 157 289
2021 160 434
2022 205 460
2023 195 511
2024 217 489

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 1.1 times the share for Ram: 14%
  • About 80 percent of the share for all vehicles: 19%

17%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 1.2 times the share for Ram: 14%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 18%

46%

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

  • About the same as the share for Ram: 43%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Ram 1500 Ram All vehicles
Driver speeding 15.1% 13.7% 19.0%
Driver drinking 16.5% 13.8% 17.7%
At night 46.4% 42.9% 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 1,938
Cloudy 373
Rain 208
Snow 37
Fog, Smog, Smoke 31

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 1,426
Dark - Not Lighted 702
Dark - Lighted 424
Dusk 60
Dawn 51

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 448
Florida 229
California 166
Georgia 99
Michigan 98
Arizona 88
North Carolina 84
New York 80
Louisiana 73
South Carolina 71

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Ram 1500 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
Oct 22, 2023 Lakeville, Plymouth County, Massachusetts 1
Oct 22, 2023 Kankakee County, Illinois 1
Oct 21, 2023 St. Louis County, Minnesota 1
Oct 20, 2023 Macon County, North Carolina 1
Oct 20, 2023 Orange County, Florida 1
Oct 20, 2023 Fresno, Fresno County, California 1
Oct 19, 2023 Greenwood County, South Carolina 1
Oct 19, 2023 McKinley County, New Mexico 2
Oct 18, 2023 Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas 1
Oct 18, 2023 Acadia Parish, Louisiana 1
Oct 18, 2023 Pueblo County, Colorado 1
Oct 17, 2023 Davidson County, North Carolina 1
Oct 17, 2023 Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana 1
Oct 17, 2023 Dover, Kent County, Delaware 1
Oct 16, 2023 Orem, Utah County, Utah 1
Oct 15, 2023 Burnet County, Texas 1
Oct 15, 2023 Butler County, Ohio 1
Oct 14, 2023 Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas 1
Oct 14, 2023 Delaware County, Indiana 1
Oct 14, 2023 Fremont, Alameda County, California 1
Oct 13, 2023 Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri 1
Oct 13, 2023 Auburn, DeKalb County, Indiana 1
Oct 12, 2023 Milton, Chittenden County, Vermont 1
Oct 11, 2023 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas 1
Oct 11, 2023 New York City, Queens County, New York 1

Compare Ram 1500 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.