Fatal crash profile · Model

Toyota Highlander

Compared with Toyota · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
1,342
Fatal crashes
1,334
Deaths inside
551
Other deaths
952

Between 2020 and 2024, 1,342 vehicles described as Toyota Highlander were involved in 1,334 fatal crashes in the United States. 551 people died inside these vehicles and 952 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 179
2021 264
2022 280
2023 284
2024 335

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

37%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About three-quarters of the share for Toyota: 49%
  • About three-quarters of the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 65 135
2021 109 184
2022 124 195
2023 114 204
2024 139 234

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

12%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About 80 percent of the share for Toyota: 15%
  • About two-thirds of the share for all vehicles: 19%

11%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About two-thirds of the share for Toyota: 16%
  • About 60 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%

47%

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 Highlander Toyota All vehicles
Driver speeding 12.0% 15.0% 19.0%
Driver drinking 10.8% 15.7% 17.7%
At night 47.3% 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 963
Cloudy 200
Rain 89
Fog, Smog, Smoke 12
Snow 11

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 689
Dark - Not Lighted 288
Dark - Lighted 280
Dusk 40
Dawn 19

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 147
Texas 127
Florida 106
New York 59
Georgia 57
Pennsylvania 44
South Carolina 42
Washington 40
North Carolina 39
Kentucky 36

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Toyota Highlander 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 3, 2021 Wasco County, Oregon 1
Jan 3, 2021 Wake County, North Carolina 1
Jan 2, 2021 Greenville County, South Carolina 1
Jan 1, 2021 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio 1
Jan 1, 2021 Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas 1
Dec 27, 2020 Athens, Athens County, Ohio 1
Dec 23, 2020 Elmore County, Idaho 1
Dec 20, 2020 Guadalupe County, New Mexico 4
Dec 19, 2020 Locust Grove, Henry County, Georgia 1
Dec 19, 2020 Northport, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama 1
Dec 14, 2020 Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama 1
Dec 13, 2020 Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, New York 1
Dec 12, 2020 Houston, Harris County, Texas 1
Dec 11, 2020 Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida 1
Dec 10, 2020 West Covina, Los Angeles County, California 1
Dec 3, 2020 Sauk County, Wisconsin 1
Dec 3, 2020 Casselberry, Seminole County, Florida 1
Nov 30, 2020 Baker County, Oregon 1
Nov 26, 2020 Miami-Dade County, Florida 1
Nov 24, 2020 Kirtland, San Juan County, New Mexico 1
Nov 23, 2020 Vallejo, Solano County, California 1
Nov 21, 2020 Maricopa County, Arizona 1
Nov 20, 2020 West Columbia, Lexington County, South Carolina 1
Nov 19, 2020 Deschutes County, Oregon 2
Nov 19, 2020 Lafourche Parish, Louisiana 1

Compare Toyota Highlander 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.