Fatal crash profile · Model

Buick Rainier

Compared with Buick · All vehicles

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

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
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

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
Aug 5, 2021 Buffalo, Dallas County, Missouri 1
May 10, 2021 Morgan County, Missouri 1
May 10, 2021 Queen Creek, Maricopa County, Arizona 1
Apr 28, 2021 Butler County, Iowa 1
Mar 12, 2021 Orchard Park, Erie County, New York 2
Feb 9, 2021 Denison, Grayson County, Texas 1
Jan 17, 2021 Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana 1
Dec 18, 2020 Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee 1
Nov 11, 2020 Rutherford County, North Carolina 1
Oct 20, 2020 DeKalb County, Georgia 1
Oct 10, 2020 Waco, McLennan County, Texas 1
Oct 9, 2020 Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee 1
Oct 6, 2020 Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana 1
Sep 11, 2020 Tallahatchie County, Mississippi 1
Jun 9, 2020 Phenix City, Russell County, Alabama 1
Jun 3, 2020 Hardin County, Tennessee 1
Apr 25, 2020 Anderson, Madison County, Indiana 1
Mar 6, 2020 Seneca County, Ohio 1

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.