Fatal crash profile · Model

Chrysler PT Cruiser

Compared with Chrysler · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
288
Fatal crashes
288
Deaths inside
220
Other deaths
100

Between 2020 and 2024, 288 vehicles described as Chrysler PT Cruiser were involved in 288 fatal crashes in the United States. 220 people died inside these vehicles and 100 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 74
2021 73
2022 65
2023 43
2024 33

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

69%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About 1.3 times the share for Chrysler: 52%
  • About 1.4 times the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 59 24
2021 56 27
2022 47 24
2023 33 15
2024 25 10

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

14%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About three-quarters of the share for Chrysler: 18%
  • About three-quarters of the share for all vehicles: 19%

18%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About the same as the share for Chrysler: 17%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 18%

43%

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

  • About 85 percent of the share for Chrysler: 51%
  • About 85 percent of the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Chrysler PT Cruiser Chrysler All vehicles
Driver speeding 13.9% 18.0% 19.0%
Driver drinking 18.1% 17.3% 17.7%
At night 42.7% 50.8% 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 204
Cloudy 45
Rain 16
Fog, Smog, Smoke 2
Snow 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 162
Dark - Not Lighted 81
Dark - Lighted 37
Dusk 7
Dawn 1

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 29
Florida 24
Michigan 15
Tennessee 15
Missouri 13
North Carolina 13
Ohio 13
Arizona 12
Georgia 12
Kentucky 12

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Chrysler PT Cruiser 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
Mar 6, 2021 St. Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri 2
Mar 4, 2021 Vallejo, Solano County, California 1
Feb 27, 2021 Putnam County, Tennessee 1
Feb 25, 2021 Cherry Hill, Camden County, New Jersey 1
Feb 24, 2021 Rankin County, Mississippi 3
Feb 9, 2021 Congress, Yavapai County, Arizona 1
Feb 5, 2021 Pasquotank County, North Carolina 2
Jan 21, 2021 Ionia County, Michigan 1
Jan 21, 2021 Richland Parish, Louisiana 1
Jan 18, 2021 Sanilac County, Michigan 1
Jan 13, 2021 Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois 1
Jan 8, 2021 Orange County, Florida 1
Jan 7, 2021 St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota 1
Jan 1, 2021 Roane County, Tennessee 1
Dec 29, 2020 Citrus County, Florida 1
Dec 26, 2020 Sequim, Clallam County, Washington 2
Dec 24, 2020 Charles County, Maryland 1
Dec 18, 2020 Knox County, Indiana 2
Dec 18, 2020 Upson County, Georgia 1
Dec 12, 2020 Harrison Township, Macomb County, Michigan 1
Dec 12, 2020 San Diego County, California 1
Dec 11, 2020 Venango County, Pennsylvania 1
Dec 5, 2020 Clearlake, Lake County, California 1
Dec 2, 2020 Antrim County, Michigan 2
Dec 2, 2020 Hamburg, Ashley County, Arkansas 1

Compare Chrysler PT Cruiser 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.