Fatal crash profile · Model

Pontiac G6

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 523
Fatal crashes: 523
Deaths inside: 393
Other deaths: 197

Between 2020 and 2024, 523 vehicles described as Pontiac G6 were involved in 523 fatal crashes in the United States. 393 people died inside these vehicles and 197 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	136
2021	133
2022	114
2023	86
2024	54

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

67%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

About the same as the share for Pontiac: 70%
About 1.3 times the share for all vehicles: 51%

Deaths in these crashes by year

Category	Inside these vehicles	Other road users
2020	104	53
2021	98	53
2022	81	45
2023	64	28
2024	46	18

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

30%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

About 1.2 times the share for Pontiac: 26%
About 1.6 times the share for all vehicles: 19%

24%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About the same as the share for Pontiac: 24%
About 1.3 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

55%

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

About the same as the share for Pontiac: 52%
About 1.1 times the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	Pontiac G6	Pontiac	All vehicles
Driver speeding	30.2%	25.8%	19.0%
Driver drinking	23.5%	24.2%	17.7%
At night	54.7%	51.8%	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	336
Cloudy	96
Rain	48
Snow	11
Fog, Smog, Smoke	4

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	240
Dark - Not Lighted	140
Dark - Lighted	110
Dawn	14
Dusk	13

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
Michigan	49
Ohio	42
Missouri	33
Texas	26
Indiana	25
Illinois	25
Florida	21
Georgia	20
North Carolina	19
Pennsylvania	19

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Pontiac G6 by model year

2010 21 crashes
2009 98 crashes
2008 137 crashes
2007 104 crashes
2006 109 crashes
2005 54 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 27, 2021	Jackson County, Arkansas	SR-17-6	1
Mar 20, 2021	Cumberland County, Pennsylvania	I-81 AMERICAN LEGION MEM HWY	1
Mar 20, 2021	McKinley County, New Mexico	US-491	1
Mar 20, 2021	Goodyear, Maricopa County, Arizona	SR-238	2
Mar 15, 2021	Brazoria County, Texas	SR-35	1
Mar 12, 2021	Boone County, Missouri	SR-K	1
Mar 7, 2021	Oxford County, Maine	GREENWOOD RD	1
Mar 6, 2021	Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan	SR-39	1
Mar 6, 2021	Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida	SR-483	1
Mar 1, 2021	Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee	MILL BRANCH	1
Feb 26, 2021	Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky	US-23	1
Feb 15, 2021	Kershaw County, South Carolina	SR-47	1
Feb 14, 2021	Orange County, Indiana	CR-500N	2
Feb 12, 2021	Butte County, California	SR-162	1
Feb 11, 2021	Butte County, California	SR-70	2
Feb 9, 2021	Jefferson County, Wisconsin	CR-F	1
Feb 7, 2021	Van Bowen, Wayne County, Michigan	CR-BELLEVILLE RD	1
Feb 1, 2021	Sandy River Plantation, Franklin County, Maine	SR-4	2
Jan 24, 2021	Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas	BERRY ST	1
Jan 23, 2021	Wyoming, Kent County, Michigan	32ND ST	1
Jan 22, 2021	Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan	CR-OUTER DR	1
Jan 21, 2021	Vinton County, Ohio	CR-25 WOLF HILL RD	1
Jan 20, 2021	Midland, Midland County, Michigan	E ASHMAN ST	1
Jan 18, 2021	Greene County, Missouri	SR-TT	2
Jan 18, 2021	Whiteside County, Illinois	PROPHET RD	1

Compare Pontiac G6 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.