Fatal crash profile · Model

Buick Regal

Compared with Buick · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
273
Fatal crashes
273
Deaths inside
173
Other deaths
131

Between 2020 and 2024, 273 vehicles described as Buick Regal were involved in 273 fatal crashes in the United States. 173 people died inside these vehicles and 131 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 52
2021 68
2022 49
2023 61
2024 43

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

57%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About the same as the share for Buick: 59%
  • About 1.1 times the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 28 27
2021 47 29
2022 30 24
2023 44 29
2024 24 22

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

24%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About 1.5 times the share for Buick: 16%
  • About 1.3 times the share for all vehicles: 19%

20%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 1.3 times the share for Buick: 15%
  • About 1.1 times 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 Regal Buick All vehicles
Driver speeding 23.8% 16.1% 19.0%
Driver drinking 20.1% 15.4% 17.7%
At night 50.9% 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 207
Cloudy 39
Rain 14
Snow 2
Blowing 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 132
Dark - Not Lighted 68
Dark - Lighted 56
Dusk 9
Dawn 7

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
California 28
Michigan 19
Texas 18
Illinois 17
Ohio 17
Florida 16
South Carolina 13
Minnesota 9
Georgia 8
North Carolina 8

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Buick Regal 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
Jun 23, 2024 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan 1
Jun 16, 2024 Riverside County, California 1
May 13, 2024 Laurinburg, Scotland County, North Carolina 1
May 6, 2024 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio 1
May 3, 2024 Houston, Harris County, Texas 1
May 1, 2024 DeSoto County, Mississippi 1
May 1, 2024 New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts 1
Apr 21, 2024 Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas 1
Apr 15, 2024 Salem County, New Jersey 1
Apr 14, 2024 Hercules, Contra Costa County, California 1
Apr 11, 2024 North Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada 1
Mar 28, 2024 Pickaway County, Ohio 1
Mar 19, 2024 Okemah, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma 1
Feb 28, 2024 Maury County, Tennessee 1
Feb 27, 2024 Evangeline Parish, Louisiana 1
Feb 26, 2024 Thomasville, Clarke County, Alabama 1
Jan 16, 2024 San Joaquin County, California 1
Jan 8, 2024 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio 2
Dec 14, 2023 Columbia County, Oregon 1
Dec 14, 2023 Aurora, Kane County, Illinois 1
Dec 9, 2023 Jefferson County, Illinois 3
Dec 9, 2023 Citrus County, Florida 3
Dec 9, 2023 Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona 1
Dec 8, 2023 Union, Union County, South Carolina 1
Dec 2, 2023 Horry County, South Carolina 2

Compare Buick Regal 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.