Used car safety, rank #179 of 188
Chevrolet Camaro Safety Rating (2020-23)
Real IIHS driver death rates for the 2020-23 Chevrolet Camaro, a large sports car, compared with its class and with the current model.
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The 2020-23 Chevrolet Camaro has an IIHS driver death rate of 88 per million registered vehicle years against a large sports cars average of 75, which is 17% above the class average. That places it #179 of 188 used vehicles with a safety score of 9.6/100.
What the Chevrolet Camaro death rate means
At 88 driver deaths per million registered vehicle years, the Chevrolet Camaro is 17% worse than the large sports cars average of 75. The 95% confidence interval is 45 to 131, which overlaps the class average, so some of the gap may be chance.
The other-driver death rate of 87 measures the opposite risk: how many drivers of other vehicles died in crashes with a Chevrolet Camaro. Its 95% confidence interval is 44β130. It is no higher than the Chevrolet Camaro's own driver death rate. Remember that death rates describe vehicles and their drivers together: IIHS adjusts for driver age and gender, but not for where or how carefully people drive. Our score weights this model's own rate at 70% and its class at 30%; see how we rank used cars.
Compared with similar used sports cars
The safest large sports cars in the IIHS study, by our score, with the Chevrolet Camaro highlighted. It ranks 1 of the 1 shown.
| Vehicle | Years | Death rate | Score | Reliability | Used price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevrolet Camaro (this page) | 2020-23 | 88 (45 to 131) | 9.6 | n/a | n/a |
Class average for large sports cars: 75 driver deaths per million registered vehicle years.
Safety recalls for the Chevrolet Camaro
We do not have a verified NHTSA recall lookup for this nameplate and model year. Check by VIN rather than treating that as a clean record.
Recall campaigns from the NHTSA recalls database, retrieved 2026-09-16. A campaign covers a range of build dates, not every car of the model year, and IIHS reports this nameplate across several years while these results are for one year. Confirm against the VIN. Recalls do not affect the death rate on this page.
Chevrolet Camaro: Common Questions
Is the Chevrolet Camaro a safe car?
Not on this measure: its drivers died at a higher rate than its class average. IIHS recorded a driver death rate of 88 per million registered vehicle years for the 2020-23 Chevrolet Camaro, 17% above the class average (75 for large sports cars). That earns a used-car safety score of 9.6 out of 100 and rank #179 of 188 used vehicles.
What is the Chevrolet Camaro driver death rate?
88 driver deaths per million registered vehicle years, with a 95% confidence interval of 45 to 131. Drivers of other vehicles that collided with a Chevrolet Camaro died at a rate of 87 per million. Source: IIHS driver death rates by make and model, covering 2020-23 models.
How does the Chevrolet Camaro compare with other large sports cars?
The large sports cars class averages 75 driver deaths per million; the Chevrolet Camaro sits at 88. Among the 1 large sports cars compared above it ranks 1 by safety score.