Fatal crash profile · Model

Mazda Mazda6

Compared with Mazda · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
496
Fatal crashes
496
Deaths inside
301
Other deaths
242

Between 2020 and 2024, 496 vehicles described as Mazda Mazda6 were involved in 496 fatal crashes in the United States. 301 people died inside these vehicles and 242 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 107
2021 109
2022 92
2023 95
2024 93

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

55%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About the same as the share for Mazda: 54%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 64 51
2021 58 64
2022 48 52
2023 66 36
2024 65 39

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

23%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About 1.3 times the share for Mazda: 18%
  • About 1.2 times the share for all vehicles: 19%

22%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 1.2 times the share for Mazda: 19%
  • About 1.2 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

60%

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

  • About 1.1 times the share for Mazda: 54%
  • About 1.2 times the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Mazda Mazda6 Mazda All vehicles
Driver speeding 23.4% 17.8% 19.0%
Driver drinking 21.8% 18.6% 17.7%
At night 60.3% 53.6% 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 358
Cloudy 59
Rain 42
Fog, Smog, Smoke 8
Snow 3

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 199
Dark - Not Lighted 144
Dark - Lighted 124
Dusk 12
Dawn 10

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 52
California 50
Texas 38
Ohio 21
Georgia 20
Pennsylvania 20
Illinois 17
North Carolina 17
South Carolina 17
Tennessee 17

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Mazda Mazda6 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, 2021 Chester County, Pennsylvania 1
Mar 7, 2021 Clayton County, Georgia 1
Mar 5, 2021 Sanders County, Montana 1
Mar 1, 2021 Highlands County, Florida 1
Feb 27, 2021 Charleston County, South Carolina 1
Feb 22, 2021 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania 1
Feb 19, 2021 Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona 1
Feb 15, 2021 Plymouth County, Iowa 1
Jan 27, 2021 Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee 1
Jan 23, 2021 Boulder County, Colorado 1
Jan 21, 2021 Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas 1
Jan 11, 2021 Lake Wales, Polk County, Florida 1
Jan 5, 2021 Porterfield, Washington County, Ohio 1
Jan 1, 2021 Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut 1
Dec 28, 2020 Abilene, Taylor County, Texas 1
Dec 25, 2020 Sarasota County, Florida 1
Dec 23, 2020 Pleasant Valley, Wichita County, Texas 1
Dec 23, 2020 Washtenaw County, Michigan 1
Dec 17, 2020 Provo, Utah County, Utah 2
Dec 14, 2020 Dallas, Dallas County, Texas 1
Dec 9, 2020 Mason County, Washington 1
Dec 9, 2020 Greenwood, Johnson County, Indiana 1
Dec 8, 2020 Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma 1
Dec 8, 2020 Douglas County, Nebraska 1
Nov 28, 2020 Wrightstown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania 1

Compare Mazda Mazda6 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.