Fatal crash profile · Model

BMW 330i

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 136
Fatal crashes: 136
Deaths inside: 78
Other deaths: 80

Between 2020 and 2024, 136 vehicles described as BMW 330i were involved in 136 fatal crashes in the United States. 78 people died inside these vehicles and 80 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	22
2021	24
2022	28
2023	37
2024	25

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

49%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

About the same as the share for BMW: 51%
About the same as the share for all vehicles: 51%

Deaths in these crashes by year

Category	Inside these vehicles	Other road users
2020	13	14
2021	15	13
2022	14	19
2023	21	18
2024	15	16

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

32%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

About the same as the share for BMW: 33%
About 1.7 times the share for all vehicles: 19%

19%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About 85 percent of the share for BMW: 23%
About the same as the share for all vehicles: 18%

60%

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

About the same as the share for BMW: 57%
About 1.2 times the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	BMW 330i	BMW	All vehicles
Driver speeding	31.6%	32.7%	19.0%
Driver drinking	19.1%	22.8%	17.7%
At night	60.3%	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	101
Rain	16
Cloudy	11
Snow	2
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	50
Dark - Lighted	42
Dark - Not Lighted	34
Dusk	6
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	30
Florida	16
Texas	12
New York	11
New Jersey	9
Georgia	5
Illinois	4
Oklahoma	4
Virginia	3
Pennsylvania	3

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

BMW 330i by model year

2021 15 crashes
2020 28 crashes
2019 15 crashes
2018 11 crashes
2017 15 crashes
2006 18 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
Dec 25, 2023	Cathedral City, Riverside County, California	DATE PALM DR	1
Dec 22, 2023	Mason County, Illinois	US-136	1
Dec 19, 2023	San Diego County, California	SR-125 RAMP	1
Dec 9, 2023	Avalon, Cape May County, New Jersey	CR-601 AVALON BLVD	1
Dec 3, 2023	Marion County, Oregon	MT ANGEL SCOTTS MILLS RD NE	1
Dec 1, 2023	New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana	US-90	1
Nov 17, 2023	Kent County, Michigan	SR-6	1
Nov 7, 2023	Iberia Parish, Louisiana	US-90	1
Nov 6, 2023	Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia	US-278 E COLLEGE AVE	1
Nov 5, 2023	Oxnard, Ventura County, California	W 2ND ST	1
Oct 14, 2023	Fremont, Alameda County, California	I-680	1
Oct 10, 2023	Casa Grande, Pinal County, Arizona	E SELMA HWY	1
Oct 4, 2023	Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts	I-495	1
Oct 4, 2023	Tucson, Pima County, Arizona	PRINCE RD	1
Sep 21, 2023	Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida	US-1	1
Sep 8, 2023	Utica, Oneida County, New York	GENESEE ST	1
Aug 29, 2023	Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts	WASHINGTON ST	1
Aug 24, 2023	San Diego County, California	DEER SPRINGS RD	1
Jul 22, 2023	Bixby, Tulsa County, Oklahoma	N RIVERVIEW DR	1
Jul 15, 2023	Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona	N 75TH AVE	1
Jul 11, 2023	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma	I-235 EXIT RAMP	1
Jul 4, 2023	Shelby County, Alabama	CR-SMOKEY RD	2
Jun 22, 2023	Miami-Dade County, Florida	SR-932 NW 103RD ST	1
May 27, 2023	East Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey	I-95	1
May 24, 2023	Aurora, Adams County, Colorado	I-70	1

Compare BMW 330i 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.