Used car safety, rank #126 of 188
Nissan Frontier crew cab short bed 4WD Safety Rating (2022-23)
Real IIHS driver death rates for the 2022-23 Nissan Frontier crew cab short bed 4WD, a small pickup, compared with its class and with the current model.
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The 2022-23 Nissan Frontier crew cab short bed 4WD has an IIHS driver death rate of 32 per million registered vehicle years against a small pickups average of 31, which is 3% above the class average. That places it #126 of 188 used vehicles with a safety score of 40.3/100.
What the Nissan Frontier crew cab short bed death rate means
At 32 driver deaths per million registered vehicle years, the Nissan Frontier crew cab short bed 4WD is 3% worse than the small pickups average of 31. The 95% confidence interval is 3 to 61, which overlaps the class average, so some of the gap may be chance.
The other-driver death rate of 43 measures the opposite risk: how many drivers of other vehicles died in crashes with a Nissan Frontier crew cab short bed. Its 95% confidence interval is 8β77. It is higher than the Nissan Frontier crew cab short bed's own driver death rate, the usual pattern for this class. 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 pickups
The safest small pickups in the IIHS study, by our score, with the Nissan Frontier crew cab short bed 4WD highlighted. It ranks 8 of the 9 shown; the class leader is the Toyota Tacoma Double long bed 4WD at a death rate of 9.
| Vehicle | Years | Death rate | Score | Reliability | Used price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toyota Tacoma Double long bed 4WD | 2020-23 | 9 (0 to 20) | 72.8 | n/a | n/a |
| Honda Ridgeline crew cab 4WD | 2020-23 | 15 (4 to 27) | 65.3 | n/a | n/a |
| Ford Ranger SuperCrew 4WD | 2020-23 | 23 (10 to 36) | 55.6 | n/a | n/a |
| Toyota Tacoma XtraCab 4WD | 2020-23 | 24 (3 to 46) | 52.6 | n/a | n/a |
| Jeep Gladiator crew cab 4WD | 2020-23 | 26 (15 to 38) | 48.5 | n/a | n/a |
| Ford Maverick hybrid SuperCrew 2WD | 2022-23 | 27 (0 to 54) | 46.6 | n/a | n/a |
| Toyota Tacoma XtraCab 2WD | 2020-23 | 28 (5 to 50) | 44.4 | n/a | n/a |
| Nissan Frontier crew cab short bed 4WD (this page) | 2022-23 | 32 (3 to 61) | 40.3 | n/a | n/a |
| Toyota Tacoma Double short bed 4WD | 2020-23 | 37 (25 to 50) | 33.9 | n/a | n/a |
Class average for small pickups: 31 driver deaths per million registered vehicle years.
The new Nissan Frontier crew cab short bed
Death rates lag the market by several years. For the current Nissan Frontier crew cab short bed we score IIHS crash tests instead; here is how the latest model years rate on our new-car scale.
| Model year | Model | IIHS award | New-car score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Nissan Frontier | No award | 79.5 |
New-car scores use a different scale (crash tests, not death rates) and are not directly comparable with the 40.3 used-car score above.
Safety recalls for the Nissan Frontier crew cab short bed 4WD
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.
Nissan Frontier crew cab short bed 4WD: Common Questions
Is the Nissan Frontier crew cab short bed 4WD 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 32 per million registered vehicle years for the 2022-23 Nissan Frontier crew cab short bed 4WD, 3% above the class average (31 for small pickups). That earns a used-car safety score of 40.3 out of 100 and rank #126 of 188 used vehicles.
What is the Nissan Frontier crew cab short bed 4WD driver death rate?
32 driver deaths per million registered vehicle years, with a 95% confidence interval of 3 to 61. Drivers of other vehicles that collided with a Nissan Frontier crew cab short bed died at a rate of 43 per million. Source: IIHS driver death rates by make and model, covering 2022-23 models.
How does the Nissan Frontier crew cab short bed 4WD compare with other small pickups?
The small pickups class averages 31 driver deaths per million; the Nissan Frontier crew cab short bed 4WD sits at 32. Among the 9 small pickups compared above it ranks 8 by safety score; the top of that group is the Toyota Tacoma Double long bed 4WD with a death rate of 9.