Fatal crash profile · Model

Buick Rainier

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 43
Fatal crashes: 43
Deaths inside: 29
Other deaths: 24

Between 2020 and 2024, 43 vehicles described as Buick Rainier were involved in 43 fatal crashes in the United States. 29 people died inside these vehicles and 24 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	11
2021	12
2022	9
2023	6
2024	5

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

55%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

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	5	6
2021	8	7
2022	9	3
2023	2	6
2024	5	2

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

16%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

About the same as the share for Buick: 16%
About 85 percent of the share for all vehicles: 19%

14%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About the same as the share for Buick: 15%
About 80 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%

51%

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

About 1.2 times the share for Buick: 44%
About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	Buick Rainier	Buick	All vehicles
Driver speeding	16.3%	16.1%	19.0%
Driver drinking	14.0%	15.4%	17.7%
At night	51.2%	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	29
Cloudy	5
Rain	3
Fog, Smog, Smoke	1
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	20
Dark - Not Lighted	17
Dark - Lighted	5

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Where

States with the most crashes

States with the most of these vehicles in fatal crashes

Category	Vehicles
Indiana	5
Tennessee	4
Louisiana	3
Pennsylvania	2
California	2
Ohio	2
Georgia	2
Texas	2
Iowa	2
Virginia	2

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Buick Rainier by model year

2006 14 crashes
2005 10 crashes
2004 18 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 10, 2024	Clackamas County, Oregon	SR-224 ODOT 171	1
Oct 24, 2024	Polk County, Arkansas	SR-8	1
Sep 1, 2024	San Joaquin County, California	SR-99	1
Jul 12, 2024	Waterford, Erie County, Pennsylvania	SR-97	2
Apr 12, 2024	Mono County, California	US-6	2
Dec 30, 2023	Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee	MU-QUINCE RD	1
Oct 28, 2023	Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina	US-76 HWY 76	1
Oct 23, 2023	St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana	I-55	3
Jul 29, 2023	Jasper County, Iowa	SR-163	1
Apr 5, 2023	Love County, Oklahoma	CR-LOVES VALLEY	1
Jan 31, 2023	Sanilac County, Michigan	SR-53 S VAN DYKE RD	1
Dec 26, 2022	Appomattox County, Virginia	US-460	1
Dec 19, 2022	Florence, Florence County, South Carolina	US-301 OLANTA HWY	1
Nov 23, 2022	Clay, Onondaga County, New York	CR-91 OSWEGO RD	1
Oct 11, 2022	Pittsylvania County, Virginia	CR-622	1
Sep 26, 2022	Daleville, Delaware County, Indiana	SR-32	1
Sep 21, 2022	Highlands County, Florida	CR-623	1
Sep 20, 2022	Winston, Douglas County, Georgia	CEDAR MOUNTAIN RD	2
Aug 23, 2022	Pickaway County, Ohio	CR-4 ISLAND RD	1
Jan 8, 2022	Clay County, Indiana	I-70	3
Dec 7, 2021	Westwego, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana	US-90 B	1
Nov 26, 2021	Clearfield County, Pennsylvania	IRWIN DR	1
Nov 17, 2021	Cassia County, Idaho	US-30	1
Nov 3, 2021	Wells County, Indiana	SR-124	2
Oct 6, 2021	Olympia, Thurston County, Washington	COOPER POINT RD SW	2

Compare Buick Rainier 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.