Fatal crash profile · Model

Chevrolet Cruze

Compared with Chevrolet · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
1,335
Fatal crashes
1,330
Deaths inside
769
Other deaths
734

Between 2020 and 2024, 1,335 vehicles described as Chevrolet Cruze were involved in 1,330 fatal crashes in the United States. 769 people died inside these vehicles and 734 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 268
2021 309
2022 301
2023 248
2024 209

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

51%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About the same as the share for Chevrolet: 50%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 152 161
2021 157 189
2022 174 166
2023 152 128
2024 134 90

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

15%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About 80 percent of the share for Chevrolet: 18%
  • About three-quarters of the share for all vehicles: 19%

15%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About three-quarters of the share for Chevrolet: 19%
  • About 85 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%

53%

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

  • About the same as the share for Chevrolet: 49%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Chevrolet Cruze Chevrolet All vehicles
Driver speeding 14.6% 18.2% 19.0%
Driver drinking 15.0% 19.5% 17.7%
At night 52.8% 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 950
Cloudy 197
Rain 96
Fog, Smog, Smoke 14
Snow 11

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 614
Dark - Not Lighted 338
Dark - Lighted 314
Dusk 28
Dawn 27

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 120
Ohio 89
California 82
Florida 81
Illinois 78
Indiana 62
Michigan 60
Pennsylvania 54
Missouri 50
North Carolina 42

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Chevrolet Cruze 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
Jul 16, 2023 Charleston County, South Carolina 1
Jul 16, 2023 Trumbull County, Ohio 2
Jul 15, 2023 Van Buren County, Tennessee 2
Jul 13, 2023 Portsmouth, Portsmouth city, Virginia 1
Jul 13, 2023 Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas 1
Jul 12, 2023 Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota 1
Jul 10, 2023 Defiance County, Ohio 1
Jul 9, 2023 Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan 1
Jul 8, 2023 Allegan County, Michigan 1
Jul 7, 2023 Sequatchie County, Tennessee 1
Jul 4, 2023 Ulysses, Grant County, Kansas 2
Jul 4, 2023 Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona 1
Jul 3, 2023 St. Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri 1
Jun 30, 2023 Lake Placid, Essex County, New York 2
Jun 30, 2023 Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois 1
Jun 28, 2023 Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio 1
Jun 26, 2023 Saguache County, Colorado 2
Jun 25, 2023 Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah 2
Jun 25, 2023 Cheatham County, Tennessee 1
Jun 25, 2023 Saginaw County, Michigan 1
Jun 24, 2023 Mount Pleasant, Isabella County, Michigan 1
Jun 21, 2023 Amanda, Fairfield County, Ohio 1
Jun 19, 2023 Shelby County, Alabama 1
Jun 16, 2023 Darlington County, South Carolina 1
Jun 16, 2023 Oklahoma City, Canadian County, Oklahoma 1

Compare Chevrolet Cruze 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.