[3][4][5] In the truck category, the Kamaz and MAZ factory teams - two of the most dominant teams in the category - elected not to enter the 2023 Dakar Rally due to complaints that the FIA would force them to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine to enter.

The organizers provide 1 trunk per competitor for storage of the personal belongings, spare parts and tools.

Previous year bike winner Sam Sunderland suffered an accident at the 52nd kilometer of the stage and was airlifted to Yanbu hospital with a concussion and a fractured shoulder.

[16] Motorcyclist Bradley Cox suffered a broken elbow in an accident, forcing him to withdraw.

Ricky Brabec suffered an accident at the 274th kilometer of the stage and was attended by the medical team.

Joaquim Rodrigues suffered a fall at roughly the 90 kilometer mark of the stage and was taken to hospital in Ha’il with a broken left femur.

[20] Lithuanian driver Benediktas Vanagas was airlifted from the stage after an accident after displaying concussion-like symptoms.

Audi teammates Carlos Sainz and Stéphane Peterhansel crashed in separate incidents at the same spot during kilometer 212 of the stage.

Peterhansel's co-driver Édouard Boulanger suffered a broken vertebra in their accident, forcing their withdrawal from the rally.

Dutch driver Erik van Loon suffered a roll 99 kilometers into the stage.

Van Loon was airlifted to hospital after he briefly lost consciousness and complained of neck pain after the wreck.

During the stage, Livio Sassinotti, an Italian spectator, died after being involved in an incident with Aleš Loprais' truck on a sand dune.

Loprais, who was the leader of the Truck category at the time, had to miss Stage 10 pending a police investigation, and abandoned the rally.