Fatal crash profile · Model

Oldsmobile Alero

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 73
Fatal crashes: 73
Deaths inside: 56
Other deaths: 21

Between 2020 and 2024, 73 vehicles described as Oldsmobile Alero were involved in 73 fatal crashes in the United States. 56 people died inside these vehicles and 21 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	17
2021	20
2022	20
2023	8
2024	8

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

73%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

About the same as the share for Oldsmobile: 70%
About 1.4 times the share for all vehicles: 51%

Deaths in these crashes by year

Category	Inside these vehicles	Other road users
2020	14	3
2021	13	10
2022	16	5
2023	6	2
2024	7	1

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 Oldsmobile: 17%
About 1.2 times the share for all vehicles: 19%

23%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About 1.4 times the share for Oldsmobile: 17%
About 1.3 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

51%

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

About 1.1 times the share for Oldsmobile: 45%
About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	Oldsmobile Alero	Oldsmobile	All vehicles
Driver speeding	23.3%	17.5%	19.0%
Driver drinking	23.3%	16.9%	17.7%
At night	50.7%	44.9%	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	59
Cloudy	7
Rain	4
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	40
Dark - Not Lighted	16
Dark - Lighted	11
Dusk	4
Dark - Unknown Lighting	1

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Where

States with the most crashes

States with the most of these vehicles in fatal crashes

Category	Vehicles
Illinois	6
Indiana	5
Missouri	4
North Carolina	4
California	4
Texas	4
Iowa	4
Minnesota	3
New Jersey	3
Florida	3

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Oldsmobile Alero by model year

2004 17 crashes
2003 22 crashes
2001 14 crashes

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
Mar 15, 2021	Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina	S HOLDEN RD	1
Mar 12, 2021	Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois	SR-54 SANGAMON AVE	1
Mar 7, 2021	Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey	CR-650 LALOR ST	1
Feb 19, 2021	Pickens County, South Carolina	SR-183	1
Jan 29, 2021	Deer Creek, Tazewell County, Illinois	US-150	1
Jan 4, 2021	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma	N MERIDIAN AVE	1
Nov 30, 2020	Pike County, Ohio	CR-3 MORGANS FORK RD	1
Oct 13, 2020	Ivins, Washington County, Utah	OLD US-91	1
Sep 30, 2020	Lake County, Montana	US-93	1
Sep 22, 2020	Harvey, Cook County, Illinois	153RD	1
Sep 8, 2020	Victoria County, Texas	CR-PARSONS RD	1
Aug 27, 2020	Stearns County, Minnesota	190TH AVE	1
Aug 22, 2020	Tucson, Pima County, Arizona	SR-86	1
Aug 16, 2020	Rutherford County, North Carolina	SR-226	1
Aug 15, 2020	Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico	SR-185	1
Aug 7, 2020	Palmyra, Harrison County, Indiana	cr-HANCOCK CHAPEL RD	1
Jul 17, 2020	Englewood, Arapahoe County, Colorado	US-285	1
Jul 8, 2020	Buffalo, Erie County, New York	US-62 BAILEY AVE	1
May 9, 2020	Kitsap County, Washington	CR-BETHEL BURLEY RD SE	1
Mar 20, 2020	Houston County, Texas	SR-21	1
Mar 17, 2020	Ormond Beach, Volusia County, Florida	HAND AVE	1
Mar 2, 2020	Scotland County, North Carolina	US-15/401	1
Jan 5, 2020	Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County, California	AIRPORT RD	1

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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.