Fatal crash profile · Model

Kia Soul

Compared with Kia · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
1,101
Fatal crashes
1,099
Deaths inside
719
Other deaths
510

Between 2020 and 2024, 1,101 vehicles described as Kia Soul were involved in 1,099 fatal crashes in the United States. 719 people died inside these vehicles and 510 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 182
2021 231
2022 201
2023 236
2024 251

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

59%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About 1.1 times the share for Kia: 52%
  • About 1.1 times the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 102 99
2021 145 116
2022 130 90
2023 169 100
2024 173 105

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

12%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

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

13%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 85 percent of the share for Kia: 15%
  • About three-quarters of the share for all vehicles: 18%

47%

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

  • About the same as the share for Kia: 52%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Kia Soul Kia All vehicles
Driver speeding 12.0% 15.4% 19.0%
Driver drinking 13.0% 15.2% 17.7%
At night 46.7% 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 787
Cloudy 151
Rain 92
Fog, Smog, Smoke 16
Snow 6

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 579
Dark - Lighted 232
Dark - Not Lighted 226
Dusk 27
Dawn 23

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 159
Texas 113
California 83
Georgia 52
North Carolina 49
Ohio 47
Arizona 45
Tennessee 43
South Carolina 34
Alabama 33

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Kia Soul 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 6, 2021 Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee 1
Dec 3, 2021 Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas 1
Dec 3, 2021 Humphreys County, Tennessee 1
Dec 1, 2021 Tucker, DeKalb County, Georgia 1
Nov 30, 2021 Greenwood, Johnson County, Indiana 1
Nov 18, 2021 Clark County, Wisconsin 1
Nov 18, 2021 Hampden, Penobscot County, Maine 2
Nov 18, 2021 Indian River County, Florida 1
Nov 17, 2021 Yakima, Yakima County, Washington 1
Nov 15, 2021 Hood County, Texas 1
Nov 15, 2021 San Marcos, Hays County, Texas 1
Nov 15, 2021 Dallas, Dallas County, Texas 1
Nov 14, 2021 Norfolk, Norfolk city, Virginia 1
Nov 13, 2021 Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia 1
Nov 12, 2021 Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee 1
Nov 11, 2021 Highlands County, Florida 1
Nov 8, 2021 Aynor, Horry County, South Carolina 1
Nov 8, 2021 Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey 1
Nov 7, 2021 Portland, Cumberland County, Maine 1
Nov 7, 2021 Kent County, Delaware 1
Nov 6, 2021 Seal Beach, Orange County, California 1
Nov 5, 2021 Henry County, Virginia 3
Nov 5, 2021 Austin, Travis County, Texas 1
Nov 5, 2021 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma 1
Nov 2, 2021 Logan County, West Virginia 1

Compare Kia Soul 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.