Used car safety, rank #143 of 188
Toyota Tacoma Double short bed 2WD Safety Rating (2020-23)
Real IIHS driver death rates for the 2020-23 Toyota Tacoma Double short bed 2WD, a small pickup, compared with its class and with the current model.
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The 2020-23 Toyota Tacoma Double short bed 2WD has an IIHS driver death rate of 41 per million registered vehicle years against a small pickups average of 31, which is 32% above the class average. That places it #143 of 188 used vehicles with a safety score of 30.5/100.
What the Toyota Tacoma Double short bed death rate means
At 41 driver deaths per million registered vehicle years, the Toyota Tacoma Double short bed 2WD is 32% worse than the small pickups average of 31. The 95% confidence interval is 23 to 60, which overlaps the class average, so some of the gap may be chance.
The other-driver death rate of 75 measures the opposite risk: how many drivers of other vehicles died in crashes with a Toyota Tacoma Double short bed. Its 95% confidence interval is 52β99. It is higher than the Toyota Tacoma Double 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 Toyota Tacoma Double short bed 2WD highlighted. It ranks 9 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 | 2022-23 | 32 (3 to 61) | 40.3 | n/a | n/a |
| Toyota Tacoma Double short bed 2WD (this page) | 2020-23 | 41 (23 to 60) | 30.5 | n/a | n/a |
Class average for small pickups: 31 driver deaths per million registered vehicle years.
The new Toyota Tacoma Double short bed
Death rates lag the market by several years. For the current Toyota Tacoma Double 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 | Toyota Tacoma | No award | 72.8 |
New-car scores use a different scale (crash tests, not death rates) and are not directly comparable with the 30.5 used-car score above.
Safety recalls for the Toyota Tacoma Double short bed 2WD
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.
Toyota Tacoma Double short bed 2WD: Common Questions
Is the Toyota Tacoma Double short bed 2WD 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 41 per million registered vehicle years for the 2020-23 Toyota Tacoma Double short bed 2WD, 32% above the class average (31 for small pickups). That earns a used-car safety score of 30.5 out of 100 and rank #143 of 188 used vehicles.
What is the Toyota Tacoma Double short bed 2WD driver death rate?
41 driver deaths per million registered vehicle years, with a 95% confidence interval of 23 to 60. Drivers of other vehicles that collided with a Toyota Tacoma Double short bed died at a rate of 75 per million. Source: IIHS driver death rates by make and model, covering 2020-23 models.
How does the Toyota Tacoma Double short bed 2WD compare with other small pickups?
The small pickups class averages 31 driver deaths per million; the Toyota Tacoma Double short bed 2WD sits at 41. Among the 9 small pickups compared above it ranks 9 by safety score; the top of that group is the Toyota Tacoma Double long bed 4WD with a death rate of 9.