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 29, 2020 Lemon Grove, San Diego County, California 1
Oct 28, 2020 Sacramento County, California 1
Oct 27, 2020 Edgefield County, South Carolina 1
Oct 25, 2020 Quay County, New Mexico 2
Oct 25, 2020 Crystal River, Citrus County, Florida 1
Oct 25, 2020 Mobile County, Alabama 1
Oct 24, 2020 Vallejo, Solano County, California 1
Oct 22, 2020 Caldwell County, North Carolina 1
Oct 21, 2020 Quemado, Catron County, New Mexico 1
Oct 18, 2020 Pinal County, Arizona 1
Oct 17, 2020 Seattle, King County, Washington 1
Oct 17, 2020 Tucson, Pima County, Arizona 1
Oct 16, 2020 Chesterfield County, Virginia 1
Oct 15, 2020 New Hartford, Litchfield County, Connecticut 1
Oct 14, 2020 Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 1
Oct 13, 2020 Sacramento, Sacramento County, California 2
Oct 12, 2020 Centre County, Pennsylvania 1
Oct 12, 2020 Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado 1
Oct 11, 2020 Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee 1
Oct 10, 2020 Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi 2
Oct 9, 2020 Robertson County, Texas 2
Oct 9, 2020 St. Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri 1
Oct 8, 2020 Yavapai County, Arizona 1
Oct 5, 2020 El Dorado County, California 1
Oct 2, 2020 Hollywood, Broward County, Florida 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.