Fatal crash profile · Model

SAAB 9-3

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 63
Fatal crashes: 63
Deaths inside: 46
Other deaths: 23

Between 2020 and 2024, 63 vehicles described as SAAB 9-3 were involved in 63 fatal crashes in the United States. 46 people died inside these vehicles and 23 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	19
2021	9
2022	15
2023	9
2024	11

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 SAAB: 65%
About 1.3 times the share for all vehicles: 51%

Deaths in these crashes by year

Category	Inside these vehicles	Other road users
2020	11	9
2021	8	4
2022	11	5
2023	7	2
2024	9	3

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

35%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

About the same as the share for SAAB: 33%
About 1.8 times the share for all vehicles: 19%

32%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About 85 percent of the share for SAAB: 37%
About 1.8 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

49%

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

About the same as the share for SAAB: 50%
About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	SAAB 9-3	SAAB	All vehicles
Driver speeding	34.9%	33.3%	19.0%
Driver drinking	31.7%	37.3%	17.7%
At night	49.2%	50.0%	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	46
Cloudy	9
Rain	3
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	31
Dark - Lighted	15
Dark - Not Lighted	14
Dusk	2
Dark - Unknown Lighting	1

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	5
New York	5
Colorado	3
Pennsylvania	3
Michigan	3
Ohio	3
Wisconsin	3
Texas	3
Georgia	3
North Carolina	3

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

SAAB 9-3 by model year

2007 11 crashes
2006 13 crashes
2004 10 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
Dec 3, 2024	Clayton County, Georgia	CS-FAYETTEVILLE RD	1
Nov 13, 2024	Walpole, Cheshire County, New Hampshire	SR-12	1
Oct 22, 2024	Dodge County, Wisconsin	SR-26	1
Oct 19, 2024	Ramapo, Rockland County, New York	SR-987C	1
Sep 30, 2024	Temple, Bell County, Texas	SR-363	2
Sep 18, 2024	Kingston, Ulster County, New York	SR-28	1
Aug 1, 2024	Manatee County, Florida	SR-62	1
Jul 13, 2024	Jaffrey Center, Cheshire County, New Hampshire	SR-101	1
May 20, 2024	Wyoming County, Pennsylvania	SR-307 ROOSEVELT HWY	1
May 10, 2024	Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine	PLEASANT HILL RD	1
Apr 16, 2024	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio	SR-43 MILES RD	1
Nov 16, 2023	Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan	W OUTER DR	1
Nov 4, 2023	Lawrence County, Indiana	CR-200	1
Oct 25, 2023	Carbon County, Montana	SR-72	1
Aug 14, 2023	Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York	CR-70	1
Aug 7, 2023	Davidson County, North Carolina	SSR-1166 BROADWAY RD	1
Jun 8, 2023	Alachua County, Florida	SW 298TH ST	1
Mar 24, 2023	Brookfield, Waukesha County, Wisconsin	I-94	1
Mar 18, 2023	St. Clair County, Missouri	SR-82	1
Jan 6, 2023	Parsippany, Morris County, New Jersey	I-80	1
Dec 24, 2022	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania	CAINS RD	1
Dec 17, 2022	Brighton, Monroe County, New York	I-590	1
Sep 20, 2022	Trumbull County, Ohio	TR-485 OAKMONT DR	1
Aug 17, 2022	Dixmont, Penobscot County, Maine	US-202 WESTERN AVE	2
Jul 29, 2022	Wake County, North Carolina	OLD STAGE RD	1

Compare SAAB 9-3 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.