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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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 19, 2021 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma 1
Dec 19, 2021 Azusa, Los Angeles County, California 1
Dec 18, 2021 Rockbridge County, Virginia 2
Dec 18, 2021 Upton, Worcester County, Massachusetts 1
Dec 17, 2021 Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana 1
Dec 17, 2021 Jesup, Wayne County, Georgia 1
Dec 17, 2021 Collier County, Florida 1
Dec 16, 2021 Volusia County, Florida 1
Dec 15, 2021 St. Mary Parish, Louisiana 1
Dec 13, 2021 Okaloosa County, Florida 1
Dec 12, 2021 Marion County, Oregon 1
Dec 12, 2021 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California 2
Dec 12, 2021 Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas 1
Dec 11, 2021 Leake County, Mississippi 1
Dec 11, 2021 Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California 1
Dec 10, 2021 Bensalem, Bucks County, Pennsylvania 1
Dec 10, 2021 Madera County, California 1
Dec 9, 2021 Malden, Kanawha County, West Virginia 1
Dec 9, 2021 Calaveras County, California 1
Dec 9, 2021 Tucson, Pima County, Arizona 2
Dec 8, 2021 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 1
Dec 8, 2021 Clarkdale, Yavapai County, Arizona 1
Dec 7, 2021 Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana 1
Dec 6, 2021 Berkeley County, West Virginia 1
Dec 6, 2021 Valley County, Montana 2

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.