Fatal crash profile · Make

Kia

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 6,830
Fatal crashes: 6,726
Deaths inside: 4,057
Other deaths: 3,686

Between 2020 and 2024, 6,830 vehicles described as Kia were involved in 6,726 fatal crashes in the United States. 4,057 people died inside these vehicles and 3,686 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	1,129
2021	1,391
2022	1,395
2023	1,468
2024	1,447

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

52%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

About the same as the share for all vehicles: 51%

Deaths in these crashes by year

Category	Inside these vehicles	Other road users
2020	662	617
2021	817	794
2022	818	733
2023	910	773
2024	850	769

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

15%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

About 80 percent of the share for all vehicles: 19%

15%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About 85 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%

52%

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

About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	Kia	All vehicles
Driver speeding	15.4%	19.0%
Driver drinking	15.2%	17.7%
At night	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	4,993
Cloudy	883
Rain	450
Fog, Smog, Smoke	78
Snow	38

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	3,130
Dark - Not Lighted	1,672
Dark - Lighted	1,537
Dusk	173
Dawn	128

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	779
Texas	689
California	651
Georgia	376
North Carolina	316
Arizona	246
Ohio	244
Tennessee	241
Pennsylvania	227
South Carolina	215

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Kia models

Optima 1,252 crashes
Forte 1,165 crashes
Soul 1,099 crashes
Sorento 1,026 crashes
Sportage 682 crashes
Rio 453 crashes
Sedona 256 crashes
Spectra 188 crashes
K5 168 crashes
Telluride 114 crashes
Niro 83 crashes
Stinger 74 crashes
Seltos 73 crashes
Cadenza 43 crashes
Rondo 36 crashes
Amanti 26 crashes
Carnival 18 crashes
K900 12 crashes
EV6 12 crashes
Spectra LD 11 crashes
Borrego 11 crashes
Forte Koup 3 crashes
Sephia II/Spectra 3 crashes
EV9 2 crashes
Sephia 2 crashes
Soul EV 1 crash

Models and model years with fewer than 10 fatal crashes have no page of their own.

Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date	Location	Road	Deaths
Oct 31, 2023	Paulding County, Georgia	CR-021500	1
Oct 31, 2023	Madison County, Florida	CR-53	1
Oct 30, 2023	Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico	MU-MONTANO RD	1
Oct 30, 2023	Osceola County, Florida	I-4	1
Oct 30, 2023	Contra Costa County, California	I-80 RAMP	1
Oct 29, 2023	Prince George's County, Maryland	I-95	2
Oct 28, 2023	Ector County, Texas	US-385	1
Oct 28, 2023	Munford, Tipton County, Tennessee	SR-178 TIPTON RD	1
Oct 28, 2023	Laurens County, South Carolina	SR-14	1
Oct 28, 2023	Orland Park, Cook County, Illinois	SR-43 HARLEM AVE	1
Oct 28, 2023	Shady Dale, Jasper County, Georgia	CR-028300	1
Oct 27, 2023	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	SR-0611 OLD YORK RD	1
Oct 27, 2023	Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania	SSR-2002 W EMMAUS AVE	1
Oct 27, 2023	Morgan County, Ohio	SR-60	1
Oct 27, 2023	Cumming, Forsyth County, Georgia	SR-9	1
Oct 27, 2023	Volusia County, Florida	I-95	1
Oct 27, 2023	Ocala, Marion County, Florida	SR-464	1
Oct 26, 2023	Hunt County, Texas	US-69	1
Oct 26, 2023	Mickleton, Gloucester County, New Jersey	UNION RD	1
Oct 26, 2023	Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts	CITY HALL AVE	1
Oct 26, 2023	Polk County, Florida	MU-EWELL ROAD	1
Oct 26, 2023	Lee County, Florida	MU-ORANGE GROVE BLVD	1
Oct 26, 2023	Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona	E BROWN RD	1
Oct 25, 2023	Dodge County, Wisconsin	US-151	2
Oct 25, 2023	Rusk County, Texas	FM 1716	2

Compare Kia 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.