Fatal crash profile · Model

Toyota Tacoma

Compared with Toyota · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
2,651
Fatal crashes
2,634
Deaths inside
1,360
Other deaths
1,599

Between 2020 and 2024, 2,651 vehicles described as Toyota Tacoma were involved in 2,634 fatal crashes in the United States. 1,360 people died inside these vehicles and 1,599 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 pickup trucks or with all vehicles.

Overview

Vehicles in fatal crashes

Vehicles in fatal crashes by year
Category Vehicles
2020 450
2021 558
2022 551
2023 572
2024 520

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

46%

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 247 271
2021 282 351
2022 293 314
2023 280 351
2024 258 312

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

15%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About the same as the share for Toyota: 15%
  • About three-quarters of the share for all vehicles: 19%

19%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 1.2 times the share for Toyota: 16%
  • About the same as 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 Tacoma Toyota All vehicles
Driver speeding 14.6% 15.0% 19.0%
Driver drinking 19.0% 15.7% 17.7%
At night 46.8% 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 1,937
Cloudy 326
Rain 191
Fog, Smog, Smoke 36
Snow 21

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 1,350
Dark - Not Lighted 688
Dark - Lighted 440
Dusk 68
Dawn 63

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 505
Texas 266
Florida 230
Georgia 122
North Carolina 121
Arizona 100
Alabama 81
Tennessee 78
Washington 69
Virginia 69

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Toyota Tacoma 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 17, 2022 Petaluma, Sonoma County, California 1
Dec 16, 2022 The Colony, Denton County, Texas 1
Dec 16, 2022 Josephine County, Oregon 2
Dec 14, 2022 Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino County, California 1
Dec 14, 2022 Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona 1
Dec 13, 2022 Greene County, Tennessee 1
Dec 13, 2022 Claremont, Sullivan County, New Hampshire 1
Dec 13, 2022 Kahului, Maui County, Hawaii 1
Dec 13, 2022 Suwannee County, Florida 1
Dec 12, 2022 Renton, King County, Washington 1
Dec 12, 2022 Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida 1
Dec 12, 2022 Arapahoe County, Colorado 1
Dec 11, 2022 Volusia County, Florida 3
Dec 10, 2022 Penn Yan, Yates County, New York 1
Dec 10, 2022 Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas 1
Dec 8, 2022 Scioto County, Ohio 1
Dec 7, 2022 Van Zandt County, Texas 2
Dec 7, 2022 Henry County, Iowa 1
Dec 7, 2022 Collier County, Florida 1
Dec 5, 2022 Diggins, Webster County, Missouri 1
Dec 4, 2022 Westminster, Orange County, California 1
Dec 3, 2022 Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania 1
Dec 3, 2022 Siloam Springs, Benton County, Arkansas 2
Dec 2, 2022 Lewisville, Denton County, Texas 1
Dec 2, 2022 Porter County, Indiana 1

Compare Toyota Tacoma 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.