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
Mar 26, 2024 West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida 1
Mar 25, 2024 Pitt County, North Carolina 1
Mar 25, 2024 Anne Arundel County, Maryland 1
Mar 23, 2024 Licking County, Ohio 1
Mar 23, 2024 Red Springs, Robeson County, North Carolina 1
Mar 22, 2024 Butler County, Missouri 4
Mar 22, 2024 Suwannee County, Florida 1
Mar 21, 2024 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas 2
Mar 21, 2024 Posey County, Indiana 1
Mar 21, 2024 Russell County, Alabama 3
Mar 19, 2024 Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina 1
Mar 19, 2024 Lake County, Florida 1
Mar 18, 2024 Reeves County, Texas 1
Mar 17, 2024 Pemiscot County, Missouri 1
Mar 16, 2024 Hillsborough County, Florida 1
Mar 15, 2024 Erlanger, Kenton County, Kentucky 1
Mar 12, 2024 Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas 1
Mar 10, 2024 Mobile County, Alabama 1
Mar 9, 2024 Tyler, Smith County, Texas 2
Mar 5, 2024 Allegan County, Michigan 1
Mar 5, 2024 Hamilton, Marion County, Alabama 1
Mar 4, 2024 Fayette County, Tennessee 1
Mar 4, 2024 Lincoln County, Montana 1
Mar 2, 2024 Pomona, Los Angeles County, California 3
Mar 1, 2024 Travis County, Texas 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.