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
Jan 20, 2023 Osceola County, Florida 1
Jan 19, 2023 Onslow County, North Carolina 1
Jan 18, 2023 Cairo, Grady County, Georgia 1
Jan 17, 2023 Kennesaw, Cobb County, Georgia 1
Jan 15, 2023 Palm Beach County, Florida 1
Jan 14, 2023 Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado 1
Jan 13, 2023 Chesapeake, Chesapeake city, Virginia 1
Jan 13, 2023 San Diego, San Diego County, California 1
Jan 12, 2023 Early, Brown County, Texas 1
Jan 10, 2023 Newton County, Arkansas 1
Jan 6, 2023 Davidson County, North Carolina 4
Jan 4, 2023 Rome, Floyd County, Georgia 1
Jan 3, 2023 Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut 1
Jan 2, 2023 Clark County, Nevada 1
Dec 31, 2022 Tabernacle, Burlington County, New Jersey 1
Dec 31, 2022 Clark County, Nevada 1
Dec 28, 2022 DeKalb County, Alabama 1
Dec 26, 2022 Commerce City, Adams County, Colorado 1
Dec 22, 2022 Ascension Parish, Louisiana 1
Dec 22, 2022 Crisp County, Georgia 1
Dec 22, 2022 West Blocton, Bibb County, Alabama 1
Dec 21, 2022 Missoula County, Montana 1
Dec 20, 2022 Jefferson County, Alabama 1
Dec 19, 2022 Tuttle, Grady County, Oklahoma 2
Dec 19, 2022 Belmont Corner, Waldo County, Maine 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.