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
Mar 11, 2024 Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia 1
Mar 8, 2024 Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California 1
Mar 2, 2024 Franklin, Gloucester County, New Jersey 1
Mar 1, 2024 Barton County, Missouri 1
Feb 28, 2024 Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona 1
Feb 26, 2024 Shelby County, Tennessee 1
Feb 25, 2024 Eddy County, New Mexico 1
Feb 25, 2024 Citrus County, Florida 1
Feb 20, 2024 St. Clair County, Alabama 1
Feb 19, 2024 Sandoval County, New Mexico 1
Feb 17, 2024 Mission Viejo, Orange County, California 1
Feb 11, 2024 Dallas County, Arkansas 1
Feb 10, 2024 New Castle County, Delaware 1
Feb 9, 2024 Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada 1
Feb 7, 2024 Blue Springs, Jackson County, Missouri 1
Feb 4, 2024 Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 1
Feb 2, 2024 Lafayette Parish, Louisiana 1
Feb 2, 2024 Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama 1
Jan 16, 2024 Moore County, Texas 1
Jan 15, 2024 Irving, Dallas County, Texas 1
Jan 15, 2024 Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California 1
Jan 13, 2024 Walker County, Texas 1
Jan 13, 2024 Macon County, Alabama 1
Jan 11, 2024 York County, South Carolina 1
Jan 11, 2024 Roscoe, Winnebago County, Illinois 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.