Used car safety, rank #99 of 181
Toyota Tundra Crew Max 4WD Safety Rating (2018-20)
Real IIHS driver death rates for the 2018-20 Toyota Tundra Crew Max 4WD, a large pickup, compared with its class and with the current model.
The 2018-20 Toyota Tundra Crew Max 4WD has an IIHS driver death rate of 34 per million registered vehicle years against a large pickups average of 28.5, which is 19% above the class average. That places it #99 of 181 used vehicles with a safety score of 49.0/100.
What the Toyota Tundra Crew Max death rate means
At 34 driver deaths per million registered vehicle years, the Toyota Tundra Crew Max 4WD is 19% worse than the large pickups average of 28.5. The 95% confidence interval is 15 to 52, which overlaps the class average, so some of the gap may be chance.
The other-driver death rate of 50 measures the opposite risk: how many drivers of other vehicles died in crashes with a Toyota Tundra Crew Max. It is higher than the Toyota Tundra Crew Max's own driver death rate, the usual pattern for heavier vehicles. 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 large pickups in the IIHS study, by our score, with the Toyota Tundra Crew Max 4WD highlighted. It ranks 9 of the 9 shown; the class leader is the Toyota Tundra Double Cab short bed 4WD at a death rate of 12.
| Vehicle | Years | Death rate | Score | Reliability | Used price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toyota Tundra Double Cab short bed 4WD | 2018-20 | 12 (0 to 28) | 73.1 | n/a | n/a |
| Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Extended Cab 4WD | 2019-20 | 14 (0 to 31) | 71.6 | n/a | n/a |
| Ram 1500 Classic Quad Cab 4WD | 2019-20 | 23 (0 to 49) | 63.4 | n/a | n/a |
| GMC Sierra 1500 Crew Cab 4WD | 2019-20 | 24 (9 to 38) | 61.5 | n/a | n/a |
| Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Crew Cab 4WD | 2019-20 | 25 (14 to 37) | 59.5 | n/a | n/a |
| Ram 1500 Crew Cab short bed 2WD | 2019-20 | 28 (0 to 63) | 56.0 | n/a | n/a |
| Ford F-150 SuperCab 4WD | 2019-20 | 29 (3 to 55) | 54.9 | n/a | n/a |
| Ford F-150 SuperCrew 2WD | 2019-20 | 30 (5 to 55) | 54.1 | n/a | n/a |
| Toyota Tundra Crew Max 4WD (this page) | 2018-20 | 34 (15 to 52) | 49.0 | n/a | n/a |
Class average for large pickups: 28.5 driver deaths per million registered vehicle years.
The new Toyota Tundra Crew Max
Death rates lag the market by several years. For the current Toyota Tundra Crew Max 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 Tundra | TSP | 94.0 |
| 2026 | Toyota Tundra | No award | 84.2 (provisional) |
New-car scores use a different scale (crash tests, not death rates) and are not directly comparable with the 49.0 used-car score above.
Safety recalls for the Toyota Tundra Crew Max 4WD
NHTSA does not list this nameplate for this model year in its recall database. Check by VIN rather than treating that as a clean record.
Toyota Tundra Crew Max 4WD: Common Questions
Is the Toyota Tundra Crew Max 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 34 per million registered vehicle years for the 2018-20 Toyota Tundra Crew Max 4WD, 19% above the class average (28.5 for large pickups). That earns a used-car safety score of 49.0 out of 100 and rank #99 of 181 used vehicles.
What is the Toyota Tundra Crew Max 4WD driver death rate?
34 driver deaths per million registered vehicle years, with a 95% confidence interval of 15 to 52. Drivers of other vehicles that collided with a Toyota Tundra Crew Max died at a rate of 50 per million. Source: IIHS driver death rates by make and model, covering 2018-20 models.
How does the Toyota Tundra Crew Max 4WD compare with other large pickups?
The large pickups class averages 28.5 driver deaths per million; the Toyota Tundra Crew Max 4WD sits at 34. Among the 9 large pickups compared above it ranks 9 by safety score; the top of that group is the Toyota Tundra Double Cab short bed 4WD with a death rate of 12.