Fatal crash profile · Model

Buick LeSabre

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 538
Fatal crashes: 537
Deaths inside: 429
Other deaths: 170

Between 2020 and 2024, 538 vehicles described as Buick LeSabre were involved in 537 fatal crashes in the United States. 429 people died inside these vehicles and 170 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	128
2021	136
2022	124
2023	85
2024	65

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

72%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

About 1.2 times the share for Buick: 59%
About 1.4 times the share for all vehicles: 51%

Deaths in these crashes by year

Category	Inside these vehicles	Other road users
2020	107	34
2021	115	41
2022	94	46
2023	66	30
2024	47	19

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

21%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

About 1.3 times the share for Buick: 16%
About the same as the share for all vehicles: 19%

17%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About 1.1 times the share for Buick: 15%
About the same as the share for all vehicles: 18%

42%

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

About the same as the share for Buick: 44%
About 85 percent of the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	Buick LeSabre	Buick	All vehicles
Driver speeding	20.6%	16.1%	19.0%
Driver drinking	17.1%	15.4%	17.7%
At night	41.8%	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	390
Cloudy	86
Rain	34
Snow	7
Fog, Smog, Smoke	3

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	290
Dark - Not Lighted	133
Dark - Lighted	83
Dusk	15
Dawn	14

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	39
Indiana	28
Illinois	27
North Carolina	26
Michigan	24
Missouri	24
Mississippi	23
Minnesota	22
Wisconsin	21
Florida	21

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Buick LeSabre by model year

2005 76 crashes
2004 90 crashes
2003 67 crashes
2002 56 crashes
2001 53 crashes
2000 75 crashes
1999 21 crashes
1998 27 crashes
1997 32 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
Aug 25, 2024	Stone County, Missouri	SR-76	1
Aug 16, 2024	Lombard, DuPage County, Illinois	MU- WESTMORE AVE	1
Jul 27, 2024	Buchanan County, Iowa	TS-130TH ST	1
Jul 24, 2024	Aiken County, South Carolina	SR-118 ROBERT M BELL PKWY	1
Jul 21, 2024	Washington Parish, Louisiana	SR-21	1
Jul 9, 2024	McLendon Chisholm, Rockwall County, Texas	SR-205	1
Jul 2, 2024	Colorado County, Texas	I10 FRONTAGE RAMP	1
Jul 2, 2024	Fulton County, Indiana	US-31	1
Jun 27, 2024	Marion County, Missouri	US-61	1
Jun 21, 2024	Saginaw County, Michigan	CURTIS RD	1
Jun 7, 2024	Washington County, Arkansas	I-49	1
Jun 6, 2024	Morrow County, Ohio	SR-19	1
Jun 6, 2024	Jefferson County, Kansas	US-24	1
May 26, 2024	Henry County, Virginia	SR-57	1
May 20, 2024	Los Lunas, Valencia County, New Mexico	CR-MESA ESTATES RD	1
May 10, 2024	Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia	US-60 WASHINGTON ST E	1
May 10, 2024	Lee County, Mississippi	US-45	1
May 8, 2024	Olive Branch, DeSoto County, Mississippi	US-78	1
May 7, 2024	West Memphis, Crittenden County, Arkansas	US-70	1
May 4, 2024	Whitemarsh, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	SR-73 SKIPPACK PIKE	1
May 3, 2024	Pennington County, Minnesota	CR-3 CENTER ST E	1
May 1, 2024	Jefferson County, Alabama	US-78 SR-5	1
Apr 18, 2024	Clark County, Nevada	S DESERT FOOTHILLS DR	1
Apr 15, 2024	Kosciusko County, Indiana	SR-13	1
Apr 12, 2024	Springfield, Greene County, Missouri	MU-GRENSHAW RD	1

Compare Buick LeSabre 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.