Fatal crash profile · Model

Buick LaCrosse

Compared with Buick · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
522
Fatal crashes
521
Deaths inside
347
Other deaths
236

Between 2020 and 2024, 522 vehicles described as Buick LaCrosse were involved in 521 fatal crashes in the United States. 347 people died inside these vehicles and 236 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 106
2021 110
2022 118
2023 99
2024 89

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

60%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About the same as the share for Buick: 59%
  • About 1.2 times the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 77 49
2021 69 50
2022 81 55
2023 64 42
2024 56 40

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

17%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About the same as the share for Buick: 16%
  • About 90 percent of the share for all vehicles: 19%

16%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About the same as the share for Buick: 15%
  • About 90 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%

46%

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

  • About the same as the share for Buick: 44%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Buick LaCrosse Buick All vehicles
Driver speeding 16.9% 16.1% 19.0%
Driver drinking 15.7% 15.4% 17.7%
At night 45.6% 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 365
Cloudy 69
Rain 43
Fog, Smog, Smoke 11
Snow 7

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 284
Dark - Not Lighted 122
Dark - Lighted 90
Dusk 8
Dawn 8

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 53
Michigan 43
Illinois 30
Florida 26
Indiana 26
Tennessee 22
Pennsylvania 20
Ohio 19
North Carolina 19
Wisconsin 18

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Buick LaCrosse by model year

Models and model years with fewer than 10 fatal crashes have no page of their own.

Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date Location Deaths
Jan 18, 2022 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana 1
Jan 8, 2022 Cook County, Illinois 1
Jan 7, 2022 Longview, Gregg County, Texas 1
Jan 7, 2022 Anson County, North Carolina 1
Jan 3, 2022 Craven County, North Carolina 1
Dec 27, 2021 Gary, Lake County, Indiana 1
Dec 22, 2021 Adams County, Washington 1
Dec 21, 2021 Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida 1
Dec 20, 2021 Lawrence County, Alabama 1
Dec 18, 2021 Ellis County, Texas 1
Dec 16, 2021 Jackson County, Michigan 1
Dec 15, 2021 Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico 1
Dec 14, 2021 Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina 1
Dec 11, 2021 Elkhart County, Indiana 2
Dec 8, 2021 Bakersfield, Kern County, California 2
Dec 2, 2021 Warrenville, DuPage County, Illinois 1
Dec 2, 2021 Hillsborough County, Florida 1
Dec 1, 2021 Cabot, Lonoke County, Arkansas 1
Nov 29, 2021 Kilgore, Rusk County, Texas 1
Nov 25, 2021 Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa 1
Nov 23, 2021 Bay County, Michigan 1
Nov 21, 2021 Bedford County, Pennsylvania 1
Nov 12, 2021 Fishers, Hamilton County, Indiana 1
Nov 11, 2021 Crowley, Acadia Parish, Louisiana 1
Nov 1, 2021 Farmington, Ontario County, New York 1

Compare Buick LaCrosse 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.