Fatal crash profile · Model year

2008 Audi A4

Compared with Audi A4 · Audi · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
24
Fatal crashes
24
Deaths inside
12
Other deaths
15

Between 2020 and 2024, 24 vehicles described as 2008 Audi A4 were involved in 24 fatal crashes in the United States. 12 people died inside these vehicles and 15 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 4
2021 6
2022 6
2023 4
2024 4

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

44%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About the same as the share for Audi A4: 46%
  • About the same as the share for Audi: 42%
  • About 85 percent of the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 1 3
2021 3 3
2022 3 3
2023 3 4
2024 2 2

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

33%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About 1.2 times the share for Audi A4: 29%
  • About 1.2 times the share for Audi: 29%
  • About 1.8 times the share for all vehicles: 19%

33%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 1.4 times the share for Audi A4: 24%
  • About 1.4 times the share for Audi: 23%
  • About 1.9 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

71%

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

  • About 1.2 times the share for Audi A4: 58%
  • About 1.2 times the share for Audi: 59%
  • About 1.4 times the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category 2008 Audi A4 Audi A4 Audi All vehicles
Driver speeding 33.3% 28.9% 28.9% 19.0%
Driver drinking 33.3% 23.9% 23.2% 17.7%
At night 70.8% 58.2% 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 17
Cloudy 2
Snow 1
Rain 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
Dark - Not Lighted 10
Daylight 7
Dark - Lighted 5
Dark - Unknown Lighting 1
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
Texas 5
Connecticut 3
Tennessee 2
New Mexico 1
California 1
Arizona 1
Vermont 1
Wyoming 1
Wisconsin 1
Virginia 1

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date Location Deaths
Sep 29, 2024 Escambia County, Florida 1
May 15, 2024 Alamogordo, Otero County, New Mexico 1
Mar 10, 2024 Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut 1
Feb 4, 2024 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas 1
Jun 30, 2023 Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas 1
Apr 16, 2023 Madison County, Kentucky 1
Mar 28, 2023 Clarke County, Virginia 3
Mar 27, 2023 Cochecton, Sullivan County, New York 2
Jun 9, 2022 Norwich, New London County, Connecticut 1
May 7, 2022 Berks County, Pennsylvania 1
May 4, 2022 Oliver Springs, Anderson County, Tennessee 1
Apr 16, 2022 Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut 1
Mar 25, 2022 Ascension Parish, Louisiana 1
Feb 10, 2022 Langlade County, Wisconsin 1
Oct 12, 2021 Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming 1
Jul 22, 2021 Richmond, Chittenden County, Vermont 1
Jul 22, 2021 Pasadena, Harris County, Texas 1
May 11, 2021 Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee 1
Apr 26, 2021 Johnson County, Texas 1
Feb 11, 2021 Van Buren County, Michigan 1
Aug 24, 2020 Culver City, Los Angeles County, California 1
Jun 28, 2020 Texas City, Galveston County, Texas 1
May 20, 2020 Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona 1
May 12, 2020 Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado 1

Compare 2008 Audi A4 with another vehicle

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.