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
Aug 15, 2021 Granger, St. Joseph County, Indiana 1
Aug 14, 2021 Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California 1
Aug 12, 2021 Pecos, Reeves County, Texas 1
Aug 12, 2021 Manatee County, Florida 1
Aug 11, 2021 Winter Haven, Polk County, Florida 1
Aug 10, 2021 Chilton County, Alabama 1
Aug 7, 2021 Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wisconsin 3
Aug 7, 2021 Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee 1
Aug 7, 2021 Norwalk, Los Angeles County, California 1
Aug 5, 2021 Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana 1
Aug 3, 2021 Hartley County, Texas 1
Jul 31, 2021 Houston, Harris County, Texas 1
Jul 31, 2021 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 1
Jul 30, 2021 Albemarle County, Virginia 1
Jul 28, 2021 Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona 1
Jul 27, 2021 Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach city, Virginia 1
Jul 26, 2021 Lincoln Parish, Louisiana 3
Jul 23, 2021 Sarpy County, Nebraska 1
Jul 23, 2021 Hale County, Alabama 1
Jul 22, 2021 Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina 1
Jul 21, 2021 Hempstead, Nassau County, New York 1
Jul 18, 2021 Houston, Harris County, Texas 2
Jul 15, 2021 Hickman County, Tennessee 1
Jul 9, 2021 Lorain County, Ohio 1
Jul 9, 2021 Oceana County, Michigan 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.