Fatal crash profile · Model

Cadillac DTS

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 140
Fatal crashes: 140
Deaths inside: 99
Other deaths: 54

Between 2020 and 2024, 140 vehicles described as Cadillac DTS were involved in 140 fatal crashes in the United States. 99 people died inside these vehicles and 54 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	30
2021	27
2022	28
2023	30
2024	25

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

65%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

About 1.3 times the share for Cadillac: 48%
About 1.3 times the share for all vehicles: 51%

Deaths in these crashes by year

Category	Inside these vehicles	Other road users
2020	25	11
2021	23	9
2022	15	14
2023	19	12
2024	17	8

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 the same as the share for Cadillac: 22%
About the same as the share for all vehicles: 19%

28%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About 1.4 times the share for Cadillac: 20%
About 1.6 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

42%

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

About 80 percent of the share for Cadillac: 53%
About 85 percent of the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	Cadillac DTS	Cadillac	All vehicles
Driver speeding	20.7%	21.7%	19.0%
Driver drinking	27.9%	20.2%	17.7%
At night	42.1%	53.1%	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	97
Cloudy	18
Rain	13
Fog, Smog, Smoke	2
Sleet or Hail	2

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	78
Dark - Lighted	30
Dark - Not Lighted	27
Dusk	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	14
Illinois	11
North Carolina	11
Ohio	10
South Carolina	8
Tennessee	7
Michigan	7
Florida	7
Mississippi	5
Pennsylvania	5

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Cadillac DTS by model year

2011 10 crashes
2010 10 crashes
2009 14 crashes
2008 28 crashes
2007 32 crashes
2006 46 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
Mar 18, 2022	Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee	SILVER AGE AVE	1
Mar 18, 2022	Baltimore County, Maryland	CR-4458	1
Jan 25, 2022	Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan	HARPER AVE	1
Jan 24, 2022	San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California	E HIGHLAND AVE	1
Jan 15, 2022	Robeson County, North Carolina	SR-71	2
Jan 11, 2022	Los Angeles County, California	SR-14	1
Jan 5, 2022	Peterborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire	US-202	1
Jan 4, 2022	Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee	COLEMAN AVE	1
Nov 15, 2021	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois	S WENTWORTH AVE	1
Oct 28, 2021	Joliet, Will County, Illinois	W GLENWOOD AVE	1
Oct 1, 2021	Aurora, Arapahoe County, Colorado	SR-30 N HAVANA ST	1
Sep 15, 2021	Cadiz, Trigg County, Kentucky	POWERLINE DR	1
Sep 6, 2021	El Paso, El Paso County, Texas	SR-375 LP/PURPLE HEART MEMORIA	1
Sep 5, 2021	Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina	IDLEWILD RD	1
Aug 16, 2021	Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina	SR-11	1
Aug 11, 2021	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee	14TH AVE N RAMP	1
Aug 8, 2021	Yorkshire, Cattaraugus County, New York	CR-72 W YORKSHIRE RD	2
Jul 18, 2021	Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee	LULA POWELL DR	1
Jul 4, 2021	Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama	JEFFERSON AVE	1
Jun 30, 2021	Stanly County, North Carolina	SSR-1149 TALLEY RD	1
Jun 15, 2021	Morton, Scott County, Mississippi	SR-MORRIS TULLOS DR	1
Jun 8, 2021	Christian County, Illinois	CR-500 N	2
May 28, 2021	Orangeburg County, South Carolina	US-301	1
May 22, 2021	Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut	SR-8	1
May 12, 2021	Miami County, Ohio	CR-25A	1

Compare Cadillac DTS 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.