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
Feb 15, 2023 Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York 1
Feb 13, 2023 St. Clair County, Alabama 1
Feb 12, 2023 Fitchburg, Dane County, Wisconsin 1
Feb 12, 2023 Sequatchie County, Tennessee 1
Feb 6, 2023 Calvert County, Maryland 1
Feb 4, 2023 Mankato, Jewell County, Kansas 1
Feb 4, 2023 Huntington Park, Los Angeles County, California 1
Feb 2, 2023 Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas 1
Jan 31, 2023 Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky 1
Jan 31, 2023 Los Angeles County, California 1
Jan 30, 2023 Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas 1
Jan 30, 2023 Norton, Summit County, Ohio 1
Jan 30, 2023 Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas 1
Jan 28, 2023 Richland County, South Carolina 1
Jan 28, 2023 Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii 1
Jan 28, 2023 Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California 1
Jan 26, 2023 Kosciusko County, Indiana 1
Jan 26, 2023 Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado 1
Jan 25, 2023 Orange County, Florida 1
Jan 23, 2023 Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas 1
Jan 23, 2023 Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey 1
Jan 21, 2023 Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska 1
Jan 20, 2023 Collingsworth County, Texas 1
Jan 20, 2023 Spring Hill, Maury County, Tennessee 3
Jan 20, 2023 Geauga County, Ohio 1

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.