Fatal crash profile · Model year

2019 Buick Encore

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Vehicles, 2020–2024
77
Fatal crashes
77
Deaths inside
48
Other deaths
42

Between 2020 and 2024, 77 vehicles described as 2019 Buick Encore were involved in 77 fatal crashes in the United States. 48 people died inside these vehicles and 42 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 suvs or with all vehicles.

Overview

Vehicles in fatal crashes

Vehicles in fatal crashes by year
Category Vehicles
2020 12
2021 10
2022 17
2023 22
2024 16

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

53%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About the same as the share for Buick Encore: 53%
  • About the same as the share for Buick: 59%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 6 7
2021 5 6
2022 12 7
2023 11 15
2024 14 7

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

13%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About 1.2 times the share for Buick Encore: 11%
  • About 80 percent of the share for Buick: 16%
  • About two-thirds of the share for all vehicles: 19%

9%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About the same as the share for Buick Encore: 8%
  • About 60 percent of the share for Buick: 15%
  • About half the share for all vehicles: 18%

35%

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

  • About 90 percent of the share for Buick Encore: 39%
  • About 80 percent of the share for Buick: 44%
  • About 70 percent of the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category 2019 Buick Encore Buick Encore Buick All vehicles
Driver speeding 13.0% 11.1% 16.1% 19.0%
Driver drinking 9.1% 8.4% 15.4% 17.7%
At night 35.1% 39.5% 44.1% 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 50
Cloudy 10
Rain 7
Fog, Smog, Smoke 5
Blowing Snow 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 49
Dark - Lighted 14
Dark - Not Lighted 10
Dawn 2
Dusk 2

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
Michigan 8
Texas 6
Tennessee 6
Florida 5
Wisconsin 4
Pennsylvania 4
Indiana 4
Arizona 3
Ohio 3
California 3

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date Location Deaths
Dec 17, 2024 Mount Pleasant, Isabella County, Michigan 2
Nov 13, 2024 Skagit County, Washington 1
Nov 9, 2024 Burton, Genesee County, Michigan 1
Oct 27, 2024 Frederick County, Virginia 3
Sep 2, 2024 Henry County, Ohio 1
Jun 26, 2024 Erie County, Pennsylvania 1
Jun 17, 2024 El Mirage, Maricopa County, Arizona 1
Jun 5, 2024 Hermantown, St. Louis County, Minnesota 1
May 10, 2024 Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky 1
Apr 23, 2024 Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin 2
Apr 17, 2024 Saline County, Illinois 1
Apr 4, 2024 Blount County, Tennessee 2
Mar 31, 2024 Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 1
Mar 7, 2024 Walled Lake, Oakland County, Michigan 1
Jan 26, 2024 Carson, Los Angeles County, California 1
Jan 2, 2024 Scott County, Iowa 1
Nov 18, 2023 Clark County, Nevada 1
Nov 12, 2023 LaPorte County, Indiana 1
Nov 6, 2023 Gurnee, Lake County, Illinois 1
Oct 30, 2023 Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee 1
Oct 29, 2023 Bagdad, Yavapai County, Arizona 1
Oct 28, 2023 Berkeley County, South Carolina 1
Oct 4, 2023 Escambia County, Florida 1
Aug 26, 2023 Marion County, Florida 2
Aug 25, 2023 Carter County, Oklahoma 3

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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.