Fatal crash profile · Model

Toyota RAV4

Compared with Toyota · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
2,312
Fatal crashes
2,296
Deaths inside
1,133
Other deaths
1,487

Between 2020 and 2024, 2,312 vehicles described as Toyota RAV4 were involved in 2,296 fatal crashes in the United States. 1,133 people died inside these vehicles and 1,487 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 349
2021 427
2022 483
2023 550
2024 503

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

43%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About 85 percent of the share for Toyota: 49%
  • About 85 percent of the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 192 197
2021 217 275
2022 219 322
2023 270 364
2024 235 329

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

10%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About two-thirds of the share for Toyota: 16%
  • About 55 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%

46%

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 RAV4 Toyota All vehicles
Driver speeding 9.5% 15.0% 19.0%
Driver drinking 10.2% 15.7% 17.7%
At night 45.6% 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 1,716
Cloudy 298
Rain 148
Fog, Smog, Smoke 18
Snow 14

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 1,228
Dark - Not Lighted 468
Dark - Lighted 467
Dusk 69
Dawn 43

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
Florida 258
California 244
Texas 185
Pennsylvania 101
New York 96
Arizona 86
Georgia 78
North Carolina 68
Illinois 66
Maryland 63

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Toyota RAV4 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
Dec 28, 2022 Pasco County, Florida 1
Dec 24, 2022 Wayne County, North Carolina 1
Dec 24, 2022 Rush County, Indiana 1
Dec 24, 2022 Stanislaus County, California 1
Dec 23, 2022 Prince George's County, Maryland 1
Dec 18, 2022 Smyrna, Rutherford County, Tennessee 1
Dec 16, 2022 Broward County, Florida 1
Dec 16, 2022 Valentine, Mohave County, Arizona 1
Dec 13, 2022 Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin 3
Dec 13, 2022 Westmoreland County, Virginia 1
Dec 13, 2022 Washington County, Pennsylvania 1
Dec 11, 2022 Upland, San Bernardino County, California 1
Dec 10, 2022 Union County, South Carolina 2
Dec 10, 2022 Miami County, Ohio 1
Dec 7, 2022 Franklin County, Pennsylvania 1
Dec 6, 2022 Augusta County, Virginia 1
Dec 5, 2022 Mills County, Iowa 1
Dec 5, 2022 Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut 1
Dec 4, 2022 Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama 1
Dec 2, 2022 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 1
Dec 2, 2022 Fresno County, California 1
Dec 2, 2022 Imperial County, California 1
Dec 1, 2022 Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio 1
Nov 30, 2022 Cornelius, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina 1
Nov 30, 2022 Sunapee, Sullivan County, New Hampshire 1

Compare Toyota RAV4 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.