Fatal crash profile · Model

Ram 2500

Compared with Ram · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
985
Fatal crashes
984
Deaths inside
211
Other deaths
900

Between 2020 and 2024, 985 vehicles described as Ram 2500 were involved in 984 fatal crashes in the United States. 211 people died inside these vehicles and 900 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 135
2021 200
2022 207
2023 205
2024 238

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

19%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About three-quarters of the share for Ram: 25%
  • About 35 percent of the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 27 125
2021 46 185
2022 40 191
2023 40 186
2024 58 213

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

14%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About the same as the share for Ram: 14%
  • About three-quarters of the share for all vehicles: 19%

14%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About the same as the share for Ram: 14%
  • About three-quarters of the share for all vehicles: 18%

41%

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

  • About the same as the share for Ram: 43%
  • About 80 percent of the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Ram 2500 Ram All vehicles
Driver speeding 13.9% 13.7% 19.0%
Driver drinking 13.5% 13.8% 17.7%
At night 40.5% 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 715
Cloudy 129
Rain 74
Fog, Smog, Smoke 17
Snow 13

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 553
Dark - Not Lighted 252
Dark - Lighted 126
Dusk 27
Dawn 16

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 208
California 71
Florida 66
Louisiana 36
Arizona 34
North Carolina 33
Tennessee 29
Pennsylvania 27
Colorado 26
Alabama 25

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Ram 2500 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 21, 2021 Hopkins County, Kentucky 2
Oct 21, 2021 Gila County, Arizona 1
Oct 17, 2021 Macomb County, Michigan 1
Oct 16, 2021 Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach city, Virginia 1
Oct 16, 2021 Marion County, Texas 1
Oct 16, 2021 Pasco County, Florida 1
Oct 16, 2021 Merced County, California 1
Oct 14, 2021 Custer County, South Dakota 1
Oct 12, 2021 Hawkins County, Tennessee 1
Oct 10, 2021 Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas 1
Oct 8, 2021 Fergus County, Montana 1
Oct 8, 2021 Escambia County, Florida 1
Oct 4, 2021 Valley County, Idaho 1
Oct 3, 2021 Elkhorn, Walworth County, Wisconsin 1
Oct 2, 2021 Big Chimney, Kanawha County, West Virginia 1
Oct 2, 2021 Valley County, Idaho 1
Sep 28, 2021 Elkhart, Anderson County, Texas 1
Sep 28, 2021 Wayne County, North Carolina 1
Sep 28, 2021 Montgomery County, North Carolina 1
Sep 24, 2021 Taylor County, Texas 1
Sep 19, 2021 Vinton, Benton County, Iowa 1
Sep 18, 2021 Denton County, Texas 1
Sep 17, 2021 Newport, Lincoln County, Oregon 1
Sep 16, 2021 Okaloosa County, Florida 1
Sep 14, 2021 Colliers, Brooke County, West Virginia 2

Compare Ram 2500 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.