Fatal crash profile · Model

Fiat 500

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 87
Fatal crashes: 87
Deaths inside: 65
Other deaths: 34

Between 2020 and 2024, 87 vehicles described as Fiat 500 were involved in 87 fatal crashes in the United States. 65 people died inside these vehicles and 34 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	14
2021	20
2022	20
2023	12
2024	21

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

66%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

About the same as the share for Fiat: 60%
About 1.3 times the share for all vehicles: 51%

Deaths in these crashes by year

Category	Inside these vehicles	Other road users
2020	9	7
2021	15	8
2022	14	8
2023	12	3
2024	15	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

10%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

About 85 percent of the share for Fiat: 12%
About half the share for all vehicles: 19%

22%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About the same as the share for Fiat: 21%
About 1.2 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

48%

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

About the same as the share for Fiat: 51%
About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	Fiat 500	Fiat	All vehicles
Driver speeding	10.3%	12.0%	19.0%
Driver drinking	21.8%	21.1%	17.7%
At night	48.3%	50.7%	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	64
Cloudy	13
Rain	3
Fog, Smog, Smoke	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	43
Dark - Lighted	23
Dark - Not Lighted	18
Dusk	3

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	14
Florida	11
Arizona	8
Texas	7
Pennsylvania	4
Washington	4
Virginia	4
Missouri	4
Ohio	3
Indiana	2

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Fiat 500 by model year

2015 14 crashes
2013 31 crashes
2012 21 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
Feb 10, 2022	Greenlee County, Arizona	US-191	1
Feb 5, 2022	San Diego County, California	SR-94	1
Jan 26, 2022	Palm Beach County, Florida	SR-809	1
Dec 22, 2021	Okmulgee County, Oklahoma	CR-N245	1
Dec 20, 2021	Dauphin County, Pennsylvania	US-22 ALLENTOWN BL	1
Nov 23, 2021	Windsor, Windsor County, Vermont	I-89	1
Oct 23, 2021	Iredell County, North Carolina	SR-150 RIVER HWY	1
Oct 15, 2021	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah	I-215 RAMP	1
Oct 1, 2021	Sussex County, Virginia	US-460	1
Sep 26, 2021	Lee County, Florida	SR-82	1
Sep 18, 2021	Denton County, Texas	SR-114	1
Sep 11, 2021	Tucson, Pima County, Arizona	ORACLE RD	1
Sep 5, 2021	Yakima County, Washington	SR-241	1
Aug 15, 2021	Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania	SR-5 TWELFTH ST	1
Aug 5, 2021	Rockingham County, Virginia	I-81	1
Jul 31, 2021	Somervell County, Texas	US-67	3
Jul 11, 2021	Giles County, Virginia	US-460	1
Jul 2, 2021	Cass County, Iowa	SR-148/750TH ST	2
Jun 17, 2021	Stark County, Ohio	CR-66 CLEVELAND NW AV	1
May 19, 2021	Clay, Onondaga County, New York	SR-481	1
Apr 2, 2021	Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona	SR-101 FRONTAGE	1
Jan 26, 2021	Bakersfield, Kern County, California	23RD ST	1
Jan 26, 2021	Imperial County, California	SR-111	1
Dec 4, 2020	West Covina, Los Angeles County, California	AMAR RD	1
Nov 15, 2020	Largo, Pinellas County, Florida	SR-688	1

Compare Fiat 500 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.