Fatal crash profile · Make

Piaggio and Vespa

Compared with All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
35
Fatal crashes
35
Deaths inside
36
Other deaths
0

Between 2020 and 2024, 35 vehicles described as Piaggio and Vespa were involved in 35 fatal crashes in the United States. 36 people died inside these vehicles and 0 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 motorcycles or with all vehicles.

Overview

Vehicles in fatal crashes

Vehicles in fatal crashes by year
Category Vehicles
2020 8
2021 12
2022 3
2023 5
2024 7

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

100%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About double the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 8 0
2021 13 0
2022 3 0
2023 5 0
2024 7 0

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

14%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About three-quarters of the share for all vehicles: 19%

26%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 1.5 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

40%

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

  • About 80 percent of the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Piaggio and Vespa All vehicles
Driver speeding 14.3% 19.0%
Driver drinking 25.7% 17.7%
At night 40.0% 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 30
Cloudy 4
Rain 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 21
Dark - Lighted 8
Dark - Not Lighted 4
Dusk 2

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
California 9
Florida 5
Texas 3
New York 3
Washington 3
Indiana 2
Ohio 1
Maryland 1
Arizona 1
Pennsylvania 1

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Piaggio and Vespa models

  • GTS/GTV 7 crashes
  • BV 5 crashes
  • MP3 3 crashes
  • LX / LXV / S / FLY 3 crashes
  • LX/LXV 2 crashes
  • GT 2 crashes
  • ET 4 2 crashes
  • PIAGGIO FLY 2 crashes
  • FLY 2 crashes
  • X-9 1 crash
  • GTS / GTV, VESPA GTS / GTV 1 crash
  • LIBERTY 1 crash
  • LX / S 1 crash
  • LX/LXV/S 1 crash
  • Vespa GTS RST / SEI GIORNI 1 crash
  • VESPA Primavera / Sprint 150 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 Deaths
Oct 20, 2024 Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana 1
Oct 15, 2024 Miami-Dade County, Florida 1
Aug 31, 2024 Oviedo, Seminole County, Florida 1
Apr 1, 2024 Houston, Harris County, Texas 1
Feb 7, 2024 Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon 1
Jan 12, 2024 Delaware County, Pennsylvania 1
Jan 6, 2024 Pittsburg, Contra Costa County, California 1
Oct 8, 2023 New York City, New York County, New York 1
Sep 17, 2023 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas 1
Jul 30, 2023 Warren, Macomb County, Michigan 1
Jun 22, 2023 Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois 1
May 13, 2023 Seattle, King County, Washington 1
Jul 7, 2022 Cheney, Spokane County, Washington 1
Apr 1, 2022 Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida 1
Jan 1, 2022 Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California 1
Nov 27, 2021 Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California 1
Oct 1, 2021 Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida 1
Sep 1, 2021 Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio 1
Jun 30, 2021 Huntington, Suffolk County, New York 1
Jun 26, 2021 Marin County, California 1
Jun 9, 2021 Buckeye, Maricopa County, Arizona 2
Jun 6, 2021 Auburn, DeKalb County, Indiana 1
Jun 6, 2021 Cobb County, Georgia 1
Apr 7, 2021 Hopewell Junction, Dutchess County, New York 1
Apr 2, 2021 Seattle, King County, Washington 1

Compare Piaggio and Vespa 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.