Fatal crash profile · Model

Chevrolet Cavalier

Compared with Chevrolet · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
337
Fatal crashes
337
Deaths inside
296
Other deaths
74

Between 2020 and 2024, 337 vehicles described as Chevrolet Cavalier were involved in 337 fatal crashes in the United States. 296 people died inside these vehicles and 74 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 112
2021 79
2022 59
2023 44
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

80%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About 1.6 times the share for Chevrolet: 50%
  • About 1.6 times the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 97 27
2021 65 19
2022 51 11
2023 42 8
2024 41 9

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

23%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About 1.3 times the share for Chevrolet: 18%
  • About 1.2 times the share for all vehicles: 19%

20%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About the same as the share for Chevrolet: 19%
  • About 1.2 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

43%

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

  • About 85 percent of the share for Chevrolet: 49%
  • About 85 percent of the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Chevrolet Cavalier Chevrolet All vehicles
Driver speeding 22.8% 18.2% 19.0%
Driver drinking 20.5% 19.5% 17.7%
At night 42.7% 49.1% 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 226
Cloudy 39
Rain 36
Fog, Smog, Smoke 7
Snow 6

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 187
Dark - Not Lighted 89
Dark - Lighted 47
Dusk 5
Dawn 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
Pennsylvania 27
Missouri 24
Texas 19
Kentucky 19
Ohio 19
Florida 18
Tennessee 18
California 17
North Carolina 14
Virginia 12

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Chevrolet Cavalier 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
May 17, 2022 Smithville, Clay County, Missouri 1
May 13, 2022 Stokes County, North Carolina 1
Apr 30, 2022 Jasper, Pickens County, Georgia 1
Apr 28, 2022 Moultrie, Colquitt County, Georgia 2
Apr 27, 2022 Adams County, Colorado 1
Apr 25, 2022 Northumberland County, Pennsylvania 1
Apr 23, 2022 Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg city, Virginia 1
Apr 19, 2022 Lewis and Clark County, Montana 1
Apr 19, 2022 Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida 1
Apr 17, 2022 St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana 1
Apr 14, 2022 Hall County, Georgia 1
Mar 21, 2022 Lee County, Kentucky 1
Mar 16, 2022 Tucson, Pima County, Arizona 1
Mar 15, 2022 Hamilton County, Florida 1
Mar 11, 2022 Calhoun County, Michigan 1
Mar 3, 2022 Denver, Denver County, Colorado 1
Feb 19, 2022 Beryl, Iron County, Utah 1
Jan 30, 2022 Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee 1
Jan 23, 2022 Cass County, Nebraska 1
Jan 20, 2022 Cumberland County, North Carolina 1
Jan 8, 2022 Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas 1
Dec 30, 2021 Butler County, Ohio 1
Dec 22, 2021 DeKalb County, Alabama 1
Dec 16, 2021 Sugar Grove, Warren County, Pennsylvania 1
Dec 14, 2021 Fullerton, Orange County, California 1

Compare Chevrolet Cavalier 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.