Fatal crash profile · Model

BMW 325i

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 121
Fatal crashes: 121
Deaths inside: 83
Other deaths: 49

Between 2020 and 2024, 121 vehicles described as BMW 325i were involved in 121 fatal crashes in the United States. 83 people died inside these vehicles and 49 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	29
2021	32
2022	26
2023	19
2024	15

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

63%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

About 1.2 times the share for BMW: 51%
About 1.2 times the share for all vehicles: 51%

Deaths in these crashes by year

Category	Inside these vehicles	Other road users
2020	22	9
2021	17	18
2022	19	8
2023	12	10
2024	13	4

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

36%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

About 1.1 times the share for BMW: 33%
About 1.9 times the share for all vehicles: 19%

31%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About 1.3 times the share for BMW: 23%
About 1.7 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

64%

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

About 1.1 times the share for BMW: 57%
About 1.3 times the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	BMW 325i	BMW	All vehicles
Driver speeding	36.4%	32.7%	19.0%
Driver drinking	30.6%	22.8%	17.7%
At night	64.5%	57.4%	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	99
Cloudy	11
Rain	7
Fog, Smog, Smoke	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	43
Dark - Lighted	42
Dark - Not Lighted	32
Dark - Unknown Lighting	2
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	30
Tennessee	8
Georgia	8
South Carolina	8
North Carolina	7
Texas	6
Arizona	5
Florida	5
Washington	5
Illinois	3

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

BMW 325i by model year

2006 43 crashes
2004 18 crashes
2002 20 crashes
2001 13 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
Sep 7, 2020	Williamson County, Tennessee	CR-FLAT CREEK RD	1
Aug 26, 2020	Lewis County, Washington	SR-6	1
Aug 14, 2020	Florence County, South Carolina	I-95	1
Aug 10, 2020	Vonore, Monroe County, Tennessee	SR-72	1
Aug 1, 2020	Norfolk, Norfolk city, Virginia	I-64	1
Jul 20, 2020	Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia	US-119	1
Jul 20, 2020	St. Francis County, Arkansas	I-40-51	1
Jul 11, 2020	Morris County, New Jersey	I-80	1
Jul 4, 2020	Harnett County, North Carolina	SSR-1215 ROSSER PITTMAN RD	1
Jul 4, 2020	St. Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri	BROADWAY ST	1
Jun 26, 2020	Wawarsing, Ulster County, New York	CR-52 ULSTER HEIGHTS RD	1
Jun 23, 2020	Santa Ana, Orange County, California	BRISTOL ST	1
Jun 1, 2020	Hayward, Alameda County, California	SANTA CLARA ST	1
May 28, 2020	Ward County, North Dakota	US-83	1
May 2, 2020	Volusia County, Florida	I-4	1
Mar 24, 2020	Greenville County, South Carolina	SR-55 FAIRVIEW RD	2
Mar 5, 2020	Delaware County, Indiana	US-35N	1
Feb 14, 2020	Redding, Shasta County, California	I-5	1
Feb 8, 2020	Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee	SR-175 E SHELBY DR	1
Jan 30, 2020	Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina	I-26	1
Jan 2, 2020	Bledsoe County, Tennessee	US-127 SR-28	1

Compare BMW 325i 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.