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Early Warning Reporting · Toyota

Toyota bZ: deaths and injuries the manufacturer reported to NHTSA

Toyota reported 2 incidents alleging a death or injury in a Toyota bZ, model years 2026–2026, in its quarterly Early Warning reports to NHTSA (49 CFR 579.21), through 2026 Q1. Each is a claim the manufacturer received, not a finding; NHTSA does not verify them.

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2 incidents reported
0 deaths, as claimed
2 injuries, as claimed
2026–2026 model years named

By model year

Source: manufacturer EWR death and injury reports and production reports
Model yearIncidentsKilledInjuredBuiltPer 100,000 built
202620219,14810

The model year is the one the manufacturer named in the report. A model year with its own page links to it. “Built” is the manufacturer’s cumulative production for the model year from its latest Early Warning production report; the rate is incidents per 100,000 of them.

By the system the claimant named

Source: as the manufacturer reported it
System namedIncidentsKilled
No System/Component Specified10
Steering System10

An incident naming several systems is counted under each. “Fire” and “Other” are categories in the rule, not systems.

Every one of these, dated and numbered

The defect dossier for the Toyota bZ puts each report beside the recalls, investigations, bulletins and owner complaints on the same system, as a PDF and two CSVs: the Toyota bZ, one system, every model year, numbered as exhibits.

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The incidents

Source: VIN shown as NHTSA publishes it: the first eleven characters
IncidentModel yearStateKilledInjuredSystems namedReported
2026-03-172026CA01No System/Component Specified2026 Q1
2026-02-052026MA01Steering System2026 Q1

Each row above is a claim or notice Toyota received alleging a death or injury in a Toyota bZ and reported to NHTSA as 49 CFR 579.21 requires; NHTSA does not verify it, and a bZ that sold more will have more rows. All Toyota models · What these reports are, and are not.