Fatal crash profile · Model year

2011 Toyota PRIUS

Compared with Toyota PRIUS · Toyota · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
66
Fatal crashes
66
Deaths inside
33
Other deaths
41

Between 2020 and 2024, 66 vehicles described as 2011 Toyota PRIUS were involved in 66 fatal crashes in the United States. 33 people died inside these vehicles and 41 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 cars or with all vehicles.

Overview

Vehicles in fatal crashes

Vehicles in fatal crashes by year
Category Vehicles
2020 16
2021 17
2022 10
2023 8
2024 15

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

45%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About the same as the share for Toyota PRIUS: 45%
  • About the same as the share for Toyota: 49%
  • About 90 percent of the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 9 8
2021 10 9
2022 3 10
2023 4 4
2024 7 10

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

9%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About the same as the share for Toyota PRIUS: 10%
  • About 60 percent of the share for Toyota: 15%
  • About half the share for all vehicles: 19%

12%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 1.3 times the share for Toyota PRIUS: 9%
  • About three-quarters of the share for Toyota: 16%
  • About two-thirds of the share for all vehicles: 18%

50%

of these vehicles crashed at night (6pm–6am)

  • About the same as the share for Toyota PRIUS: 48%
  • About the same as the share for Toyota: 50%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category 2011 Toyota PRIUS Toyota PRIUS Toyota All vehicles
Driver speeding 9.1% 9.6% 15.0% 19.0%
Driver drinking 12.1% 9.0% 15.7% 17.7%
At night 50.0% 47.9% 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 52
Cloudy 9
Fog, Smog, Smoke 2
Rain 1
Snow 1

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 31
Dark - Not Lighted 22
Dark - Lighted 10
Dawn 2
Dusk 1

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 17
Arizona 6
Georgia 6
South Carolina 4
Florida 4
North Carolina 3
Indiana 3
New York 3
Nebraska 2
Oregon 2

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date Location Deaths
Dec 12, 2024 Kansas, Delaware County, Oklahoma 1
Nov 27, 2024 Wilson County, North Carolina 1
Nov 26, 2024 Linn County, Oregon 1
Nov 26, 2024 Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 1
Nov 25, 2024 Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas 1
Oct 14, 2024 Anderson County, South Carolina 1
Sep 23, 2024 Clayton County, Georgia 1
Jul 24, 2024 Danby, Tompkins County, New York 1
Jun 22, 2024 Stockton, San Joaquin County, California 1
Apr 8, 2024 Union County, South Carolina 2
Apr 4, 2024 Fulton County, Georgia 1
Mar 15, 2024 Hempstead, Nassau County, New York 1
Feb 12, 2024 Lake County, California 2
Jan 27, 2024 Catoosa County, Georgia 1
Jan 15, 2024 Douglas County, Kansas 1
Dec 8, 2023 Ramsey, Bergen County, New Jersey 1
Dec 6, 2023 Goodyear, Maricopa County, Arizona 1
Nov 3, 2023 Tillamook County, Oregon 1
Sep 3, 2023 Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York 1
May 22, 2023 Pinehurst, Moore County, North Carolina 1
Mar 19, 2023 Arizona City, Pinal County, Arizona 1
Jan 17, 2023 Fishers, Hamilton County, Indiana 1
Jan 14, 2023 Goodyear, Maricopa County, Arizona 1
Dec 27, 2022 Miami-Dade County, Florida 1
Nov 3, 2022 Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas 1

Compare 2011 Toyota PRIUS 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.