Fatal crash profile · Model

Kia Optima

Compared with Kia · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
1,256
Fatal crashes
1,252
Deaths inside
704
Other deaths
722

Between 2020 and 2024, 1,256 vehicles described as Kia Optima were involved in 1,252 fatal crashes in the United States. 704 people died inside these vehicles and 722 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 247
2021 294
2022 277
2023 258
2024 180

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

49%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About the same as the share for Kia: 52%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 154 135
2021 175 175
2022 139 164
2023 145 147
2024 91 101

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

19%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About 1.2 times the share for Kia: 15%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 19%

19%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 1.2 times the share for Kia: 15%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 18%

60%

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

  • About 1.2 times the share for Kia: 52%
  • About 1.2 times the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Kia Optima Kia All vehicles
Driver speeding 18.7% 15.4% 19.0%
Driver drinking 18.8% 15.2% 17.7%
At night 60.3% 51.7% 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 958
Cloudy 154
Rain 70
Fog, Smog, Smoke 14
Snow 5

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 493
Dark - Not Lighted 378
Dark - Lighted 322
Dusk 25
Dawn 22

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 174
Florida 132
Texas 113
Georgia 76
North Carolina 62
Arizona 48
South Carolina 44
Ohio 44
Tennessee 43
Illinois 40

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Kia Optima 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
Oct 18, 2021 Hilo, Hawaii County, Hawaii 1
Oct 17, 2021 Smithtown, Suffolk County, New York 1
Oct 17, 2021 Bowie, Cochise County, Arizona 1
Oct 16, 2021 Pelion, Lexington County, South Carolina 1
Oct 16, 2021 Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 1
Oct 15, 2021 Hanover County, Virginia 1
Oct 13, 2021 Hays County, Texas 2
Oct 10, 2021 Brevard County, Florida 1
Oct 9, 2021 East Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 1
Oct 9, 2021 Springfield, Greene County, Missouri 1
Oct 9, 2021 Pompano Beach, Broward County, Florida 1
Oct 8, 2021 Orangeburg County, South Carolina 1
Oct 8, 2021 Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona 1
Oct 3, 2021 Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin 1
Oct 3, 2021 St. Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri 1
Sep 29, 2021 Nez Perce County, Idaho 2
Sep 29, 2021 Newark, New Castle County, Delaware 1
Sep 28, 2021 Whitfield County, Georgia 1
Sep 26, 2021 Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota 1
Sep 24, 2021 Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania 1
Sep 24, 2021 Downey, Los Angeles County, California 1
Sep 23, 2021 San Diego, San Diego County, California 1
Sep 21, 2021 Miami Gardens, Miami-Dade County, Florida 1
Sep 20, 2021 Washington County, Pennsylvania 1
Sep 20, 2021 Lafayette County, Florida 1

Compare Kia Optima 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.