Fatal crash profile · Model

Toyota 4-Runner

Compared with Toyota · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
1,387
Fatal crashes
1,383
Deaths inside
732
Other deaths
801

Between 2020 and 2024, 1,387 vehicles described as Toyota 4-Runner were involved in 1,383 fatal crashes in the United States. 732 people died inside these vehicles and 801 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 suvs or with all vehicles.

Overview

Vehicles in fatal crashes

Vehicles in fatal crashes by year
Category Vehicles
2020 237
2021 269
2022 364
2023 259
2024 258

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

48%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About the same as the share for Toyota: 49%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 135 124
2021 148 153
2022 190 204
2023 128 158
2024 131 162

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

17%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About 1.1 times the share for Toyota: 15%
  • About 90 percent of the share for all vehicles: 19%

20%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 1.3 times the share for Toyota: 16%
  • About 1.1 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

49%

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

  • About the same as the share for Toyota: 50%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Toyota 4-Runner Toyota All vehicles
Driver speeding 16.8% 15.0% 19.0%
Driver drinking 20.1% 15.7% 17.7%
At night 48.5% 50.3% 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 1,004
Cloudy 172
Rain 114
Snow 17
Fog, Smog, Smoke 12

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 686
Dark - Not Lighted 358
Dark - Lighted 242
Dusk 42
Dawn 39

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 183
Texas 137
Florida 123
Georgia 68
Tennessee 66
North Carolina 61
Alabama 59
Colorado 50
Louisiana 40
South Carolina 39

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Toyota 4-Runner 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 31, 2023 Shasta County, California 3
Oct 31, 2023 Pike County, Alabama 2
Oct 28, 2023 Fountain Valley, Orange County, California 1
Oct 27, 2023 Harris County, Texas 1
Oct 27, 2023 Montgomery County, North Carolina 1
Oct 24, 2023 Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee 1
Oct 24, 2023 Missoula County, Montana 2
Oct 24, 2023 Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas 1
Oct 24, 2023 Kootenai County, Idaho 1
Oct 23, 2023 St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana 3
Oct 21, 2023 Fremont County, Wyoming 1
Oct 19, 2023 Kapolei, Honolulu County, Hawaii 1
Oct 18, 2023 Lake Forest, Orange County, California 1
Oct 16, 2023 Douglas County, Colorado 1
Oct 14, 2023 Marshall County, Mississippi 1
Oct 10, 2023 Meridian, Ada County, Idaho 1
Oct 9, 2023 South Gate, Los Angeles County, California 1
Oct 8, 2023 Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington 1
Oct 7, 2023 Orangeburg County, South Carolina 1
Oct 7, 2023 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California 1
Oct 4, 2023 Culpeper County, Virginia 1
Oct 2, 2023 Barrow County, Georgia 1
Sep 30, 2023 Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas 1
Sep 28, 2023 Escabosa, Bernalillo County, New Mexico 1
Sep 25, 2023 Fillmore County, Minnesota 2

Compare Toyota 4-Runner 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.