Fatal crash profile · Model

Kia Sorento

Compared with Kia · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
1,027
Fatal crashes
1,026
Deaths inside
516
Other deaths
650

Between 2020 and 2024, 1,027 vehicles described as Kia Sorento were involved in 1,026 fatal crashes in the United States. 516 people died inside these vehicles and 650 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 suvs or with all vehicles.

Overview

Vehicles in fatal crashes

Vehicles in fatal crashes by year
Category Vehicles
2020 184
2021 198
2022 215
2023 213
2024 217

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

44%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About 85 percent of the share for Kia: 52%
  • About 85 percent of the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 86 125
2021 98 136
2022 118 126
2023 107 138
2024 107 125

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

13%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About 85 percent of the share for Kia: 15%
  • About two-thirds of the share for all vehicles: 19%

12%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About three-quarters of the share for Kia: 15%
  • About two-thirds of the share for all vehicles: 18%

46%

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

  • About 90 percent of the share for Kia: 52%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Kia Sorento Kia All vehicles
Driver speeding 13.3% 15.4% 19.0%
Driver drinking 11.6% 15.2% 17.7%
At night 46.3% 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 772
Cloudy 130
Rain 60
Fog, Smog, Smoke 10
Blowing Snow 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 507
Dark - Not Lighted 252
Dark - Lighted 200
Dusk 28
Dark - Unknown Lighting 18

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
Florida 114
Texas 107
California 74
Georgia 61
North Carolina 46
Arizona 45
Missouri 35
Tennessee 34
Pennsylvania 32
South Carolina 31

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Kia Sorento 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
Dec 21, 2020 Edgecombe County, North Carolina 1
Dec 20, 2020 Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico 1
Dec 17, 2020 Brazos County, Texas 1
Dec 15, 2020 Kannapolis, Cabarrus County, North Carolina 2
Dec 12, 2020 Marion County, Florida 1
Dec 11, 2020 Marion County, Missouri 1
Dec 10, 2020 Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas 1
Dec 10, 2020 Palm Beach County, Florida 1
Dec 9, 2020 Scott County, Missouri 1
Dec 8, 2020 Lincoln City, Lincoln County, Oregon 1
Dec 8, 2020 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio 1
Dec 2, 2020 Lake County, California 1
Dec 1, 2020 San Diego, San Diego County, California 1
Nov 29, 2020 Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona 1
Nov 28, 2020 Anderson County, South Carolina 1
Nov 25, 2020 Shenandoah County, Virginia 2
Nov 25, 2020 Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan 1
Nov 24, 2020 Riverside County, California 1
Nov 23, 2020 Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois 1
Nov 21, 2020 DeKalb County, Georgia 1
Nov 21, 2020 Statham, Barrow County, Georgia 2
Nov 20, 2020 Green Tree, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 1
Nov 20, 2020 Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois 1
Nov 19, 2020 Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey 1
Nov 11, 2020 Pender County, North Carolina 1

Compare Kia Sorento 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.