Fatal crash profile · Model

Audi A3

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 81
Fatal crashes: 81
Deaths inside: 37
Other deaths: 54

Between 2020 and 2024, 81 vehicles described as Audi A3 were involved in 81 fatal crashes in the United States. 37 people died inside these vehicles and 54 people outside them (occupants of other vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists) died in the same crashes.

Counts show how often this vehicle appears in fatal crashes. They also reflect how many are on the road, so they are not a safety rating. See how it compares with other cars or with all vehicles.

Overview

Vehicles in fatal crashes

Vehicles in fatal crashes by year

Category	Vehicles
2020	12
2021	18
2022	18
2023	20
2024	13

Reflects how many of these vehicles are on the road as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

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Deaths

Who died in these crashes

41%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

About the same as the share for Audi: 42%
About 80 percent of the share for all vehicles: 51%

Deaths in these crashes by year

Category	Inside these vehicles	Other road users
2020	4	9
2021	8	11
2022	9	14
2023	13	10
2024	3	10

Other road users are occupants of other vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists killed in the same crashes.

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Crash factors

Speeding, drinking and night-time crashes

23%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

About 80 percent of the share for Audi: 29%
About 1.2 times the share for all vehicles: 19%

27%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About 1.2 times the share for Audi: 23%
About 1.5 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

57%

of these vehicles crashed at night (6pm–6am)

About the same as the share for Audi: 59%
About 1.2 times the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	Audi A3	Audi	All vehicles
Driver speeding	23.5%	28.9%	19.0%
Driver drinking	27.2%	23.2%	17.7%
At night	56.8%	58.7%	49.3%

Share of vehicles in fatal crashes. Speeding and drinking are as recorded for the driver in police reports.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	63
Cloudy	9
Rain	3
Severe Crosswinds	1

Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Daylight	34
Dark - Not Lighted	22
Dark - Lighted	20
Dusk	4
Dawn	1

Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Where

States with the most crashes

States with the most of these vehicles in fatal crashes

Category	Vehicles
California	17
Florida	11
Colorado	6
Virginia	4
Texas	4
Michigan	4
Washington	4
Maryland	3
Georgia	3
New York	3

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Audi A3 by model year

2018 10 crashes
2016 21 crashes
2015 10 crashes

Models and model years with fewer than 10 fatal crashes have no page of their own.

Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date	Location	Road	Deaths
Jun 14, 2023	Banks County, Georgia	US-441 SR-15	2
Jun 7, 2023	Sarasota County, Florida	CR-758	1
Jun 6, 2023	Humboldt County, California	US-101	1
May 24, 2023	Fairlee, Orange County, Vermont	US- 5	1
Apr 16, 2023	Castle Rock, Douglas County, Colorado	PARK ST	1
Apr 5, 2023	San Jacinto, Riverside County, California	SR-79 S SAN JACINTO AVE	1
Feb 28, 2023	Seattle, King County, Washington	SR-99 RAMP	1
Feb 20, 2023	Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania	US-13 LEVICK ST	1
Dec 23, 2022	San Diego, San Diego County, California	F ST	1
Nov 7, 2022	Richmond, Richmond city, Virginia	ROBINSON AVE	1
Oct 23, 2022	Nash, Bowie County, Texas	US-82 NEW BOSTON RD	1
Oct 7, 2022	Henrico County, Virginia	I-295	1
Sep 30, 2022	Islandia, Suffolk County, New York	SR-454 VETERANS MEMORIAL HWY	1
Sep 17, 2022	Los Angeles County, California	SR-138 AVENUE D	1
Aug 4, 2022	Los Angeles County, California	LA BREA AVE	5
Jul 10, 2022	Collier County, Florida	CR-856	1
Jul 5, 2022	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee	I-65	1
May 29, 2022	Riverside County, California	I-10	1
May 10, 2022	Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio	SR-57 GROVE AV	1
Apr 24, 2022	Houston, Harris County, Texas	LIBERTY RD	1
Apr 17, 2022	Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida	I-95	1
Feb 26, 2022	Bettendorf, Scott County, Iowa	I-74	2
Jan 25, 2022	Wells, York County, Maine	SR-9A	1
Jan 24, 2022	Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado	N MARKSHEFFEL RD	1
Jan 15, 2022	Free Union, Albemarle County, Virginia	CR-601	1

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020–2024. Vehicle make and model as decoded by NHTSA's vPIC service. "All vehicles" covers every vehicle with a known make.