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.

Embed
Download CSV

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.

Embed
Download CSV

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.

Embed
Download CSV

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.

Embed
Download CSV
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.

Embed
Download CSV

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.

Embed
Download CSV

Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date Location Deaths
Nov 10, 2020 Fresno, Fresno County, California 1
Oct 21, 2020 Jasper, Pickens County, Georgia 1
Oct 10, 2020 Los Angeles County, California 1
Aug 30, 2020 Pickens County, South Carolina 1
May 26, 2020 San Diego, San Diego County, California 1
May 8, 2020 Fairfield, Solano County, California 1
May 7, 2020 Marion County, Florida 1
Mar 20, 2020 St. Johns County, Florida 1
Mar 9, 2020 Loudoun County, Virginia 1
Feb 26, 2020 Tulare, Tulare County, California 1
Feb 20, 2020 Azusa, Los Angeles County, California 1
Feb 14, 2020 Warren County, New Jersey 1
Feb 11, 2020 Stanislaus County, California 1
Feb 2, 2020 Granville County, North Carolina 2
Feb 1, 2020 Twin Falls County, Idaho 1
Jan 26, 2020 Powers, Menominee County, Michigan 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.