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 27, 2023 Eaton County, Michigan 1
Jan 26, 2023 Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas 1
Jan 24, 2023 Sarasota County, Florida 1
Jan 21, 2023 Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona 1
Jan 19, 2023 Orange County, Virginia 1
Jan 16, 2023 Calhoun County, Michigan 1
Jan 11, 2023 Marion, Linn County, Iowa 1
Jan 10, 2023 Macon, Bibb County, Georgia 1
Jan 8, 2023 Carroll County, Indiana 1
Jan 5, 2023 Albany, Clinton County, Kentucky 1
Jan 5, 2023 Clay County, Florida 1
Jan 1, 2023 Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 1
Dec 27, 2022 Phelps County, Missouri 1
Dec 21, 2022 Clark County, Ohio 1
Dec 20, 2022 Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri 1
Dec 13, 2022 Rockcastle County, Kentucky 1
Dec 11, 2022 Franklin County, North Carolina 1
Dec 4, 2022 Cook County, Illinois 2
Nov 27, 2022 Prichard, Mobile County, Alabama 1
Nov 21, 2022 Crawford County, Kansas 1
Nov 15, 2022 Killingly Center, Windham County, Connecticut 1
Nov 12, 2022 Geauga County, Ohio 1
Nov 12, 2022 St. Louis County, Missouri 1
Nov 7, 2022 Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 1
Nov 6, 2022 Hays County, Texas 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.