Fatal crash profile · Model

Buick Park Avenue

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 130
Fatal crashes: 130
Deaths inside: 110
Other deaths: 42

Between 2020 and 2024, 130 vehicles described as Buick Park Avenue were involved in 130 fatal crashes in the United States. 110 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 cars or with all vehicles.

Overview

Vehicles in fatal crashes

Vehicles in fatal crashes by year

Category	Vehicles
2020	33
2021	25
2022	29
2023	23
2024	20

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	27	8
2021	25	8
2022	26	7
2023	19	6
2024	13	13

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

14%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

About 85 percent of the share for Buick: 16%
About three-quarters of the share for all vehicles: 19%

25%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About 1.6 times the share for Buick: 15%
About 1.4 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

39%

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

About 90 percent of the share for Buick: 44%
About 80 percent of the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	Buick Park Avenue	Buick	All vehicles
Driver speeding	13.8%	16.1%	19.0%
Driver drinking	24.6%	15.4%	17.7%
At night	39.2%	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	88
Cloudy	25
Rain	9
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	72
Dark - Not Lighted	37
Dark - Lighted	11
Dusk	6
Dawn	4

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	12
Indiana	10
Michigan	7
North Carolina	6
Georgia	6
Florida	6
Alabama	5
Illinois	5
Wisconsin	5
Nebraska	5

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Buick Park Avenue by model year

2005 10 crashes
2004 10 crashes
2003 18 crashes
2002 12 crashes
2001 16 crashes
2000 13 crashes
1999 14 crashes
1998 12 crashes
1997 10 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
Nov 8, 2021	Anderson County, South Carolina	CR-OLD ASBURY RD	1
Oct 17, 2021	Cherry County, Nebraska	CR-ANDERSON BRIDGE RD	1
Oct 4, 2021	Duplin County, North Carolina	SSR-1146 WELLSTOWN RD	1
Sep 19, 2021	Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi	US-80	1
Aug 31, 2021	Banks County, Georgia	SR-63	1
Aug 12, 2021	Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico	SR-45	1
Aug 6, 2021	Hamlet, Richmond County, North Carolina	SSR-1812 FREEMAN HILL RD	1
Aug 3, 2021	Stark County, Ohio	CR-67 COLUMBUS RD	1
Aug 2, 2021	Mason County, Michigan	US-31	2
Jul 28, 2021	Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut	I-84	1
Jul 3, 2021	Lubbock County, Texas	FM 2641	1
Jun 11, 2021	Barbour County, Alabama	SR-30	1
May 10, 2021	La Grange, Troup County, Georgia	CS-HAMILTON RD	2
Apr 13, 2021	Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas	US-62	1
Mar 1, 2021	Ward County, Texas	SR-18	3
Feb 25, 2021	Hall County, Nebraska	CR-E CAPITAL AVE	1
Feb 22, 2021	Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri	US-54	3
Feb 8, 2021	Webster County, Nebraska	SR-4	2
Jan 28, 2021	Stephenson County, Illinois	SR-26	2
Jan 19, 2021	Palm Beach County, Florida	US-98	1
Jan 12, 2021	Springfield, Livingston Parish, Louisiana	SR-22	1
Jan 11, 2021	Washington County, Ohio	CR-20 SANDHILL RD	1
Nov 9, 2020	Houston, Harris County, Texas	US-290 SVC RD	1
Oct 30, 2020	Red River Parish, Louisiana	SR-01	1
Oct 26, 2020	Antrim County, Michigan	US-131	1

Compare Buick Park Avenue 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.