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
Nov 28, 2023 Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina 1
Nov 28, 2023 Riverside, Riverside County, California 1
Nov 28, 2023 Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona 1
Nov 25, 2023 Franklin County, Ohio 1
Nov 23, 2023 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California 1
Nov 20, 2023 San Bernardino County, California 2
Nov 19, 2023 Aiken County, South Carolina 1
Nov 19, 2023 Lexington-Fayette, Fayette County, Kentucky 1
Nov 18, 2023 Tillamook County, Oregon 2
Nov 17, 2023 Inverness, Citrus County, Florida 1
Nov 17, 2023 Oceanside, San Diego County, California 2
Nov 12, 2023 San Tan Valley, Pinal County, Arizona 1
Nov 11, 2023 Tracy, San Joaquin County, California 1
Nov 10, 2023 Southampton County, Virginia 1
Nov 10, 2023 Pompano Beach, Broward County, Florida 1
Nov 9, 2023 Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky 1
Nov 7, 2023 Marion County, Indiana 1
Nov 6, 2023 Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee 1
Nov 6, 2023 Indianola, Sunflower County, Mississippi 1
Nov 5, 2023 Hamilton County, Ohio 1
Nov 4, 2023 Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina 1
Oct 30, 2023 Contra Costa County, California 1
Oct 28, 2023 Munford, Tipton County, Tennessee 1
Oct 28, 2023 Laurens County, South Carolina 1
Oct 28, 2023 Shady Dale, Jasper County, Georgia 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.