Fatal crash profile · Model

Audi A6

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 141
Fatal crashes: 140
Deaths inside: 74
Other deaths: 88

Between 2020 and 2024, 141 vehicles described as Audi A6 were involved in 140 fatal crashes in the United States. 74 people died inside these vehicles and 88 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	30
2021	33
2022	31
2023	25
2024	22

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

46%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

About the same as the share for Audi: 42%
About 90 percent of the share for all vehicles: 51%

Deaths in these crashes by year

Category	Inside these vehicles	Other road users
2020	15	21
2021	15	22
2022	20	18
2023	15	14
2024	9	13

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

34%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

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

32%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About 1.4 times the share for Audi: 23%
About 1.8 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 A6	Audi	All vehicles
Driver speeding	34.0%	28.9%	19.0%
Driver drinking	31.9%	23.2%	17.7%
At night	56.7%	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	112
Cloudy	18
Rain	6
Snow	2

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	58
Dark - Lighted	40
Dark - Not Lighted	35
Dusk	4
Dawn	3

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	22
New York	11
North Carolina	8
Pennsylvania	7
Florida	7
Georgia	7
Texas	7
Wisconsin	6
Colorado	6
Connecticut	6

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Audi A6 by model year

2016 11 crashes
2015 14 crashes
2014 14 crashes
2013 11 crashes
2008 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
Oct 25, 2022	Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California	S HOOVER ST	1
Oct 13, 2022	Naperville, DuPage County, Illinois	COMMONS RD	1
Oct 9, 2022	Boulder County, Colorado	CR-LEFTHAND CANYON DR	1
Oct 8, 2022	Salem, Marion County, Oregon	SILVERTON RD NE	1
Sep 13, 2022	Missoula County, Montana	US-OLD HWY 10	5
Aug 12, 2022	Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana	I-12	1
Aug 8, 2022	Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee	US-11/64 SR-2 LEE HWY	1
Jul 22, 2022	Burke, Franklin County, New York	US-11	1
Jul 14, 2022	Sonoma County, California	CR-LLANO ROAD	1
Jul 6, 2022	Rockdale County, Georgia	CS-MINK LIVSEY RD	1
Jul 3, 2022	Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California	VANOWEN ST	3
Jun 7, 2022	Ferguson, St. Louis County, Missouri	CHAMBERS RD	1
Jun 1, 2022	Brooklyn Center, Hennepin County, Minnesota	XERXES AVE N	1
May 29, 2022	Sacramento County, California	SR-160	1
May 12, 2022	Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee	SR-175 SHELBY DR	1
May 8, 2022	Northampton County, Pennsylvania	SR-1017 FIVE POINTS RICHMON RD	1
May 8, 2022	Alameda County, California	SOUTH LIVERMORE AVE	1
Apr 16, 2022	Lake County, Indiana	CLAY ST	1
Apr 6, 2022	Guilderland, Albany County, New York	I-90	2
Mar 25, 2022	Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina	SSR-2801 CALDWELL RD	1
Mar 18, 2022	Lockport, Niagara County, New York	SR-78 S TRANSIT ST	1
Mar 5, 2022	Madison County, Georgia	SR-8	1
Mar 3, 2022	Pierce County, Washington	I-5	1
Feb 15, 2022	Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut	US-7 SUGAR HOLLOW RD	1
Feb 14, 2022	Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut	SR-2	1

Compare Audi A6 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.