Fatal crash profile · Model year

2004 SAAB 9-3

Compared with SAAB 9-3 · SAAB · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
10
Fatal crashes
10
Deaths inside
9
Other deaths
2

Between 2020 and 2024, 10 vehicles described as 2004 SAAB 9-3 were involved in 10 fatal crashes in the United States. 9 people died inside these vehicles and 2 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 3
2021 2
2022 1
2023 1
2024 3

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

82%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About 1.2 times the share for SAAB 9-3: 67%
  • About 1.3 times the share for SAAB: 65%
  • About 1.6 times the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 1 2
2021 3 0
2022 1 0
2023 1 0
2024 3 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

40%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About 1.1 times the share for SAAB 9-3: 35%
  • About 1.2 times the share for SAAB: 33%
  • About double the share for all vehicles: 19%

40%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 1.3 times the share for SAAB 9-3: 32%
  • About the same as the share for SAAB: 37%
  • About double the share for all vehicles: 18%

50%

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

  • About the same as the share for SAAB 9-3: 49%
  • About the same as the share for SAAB: 50%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category 2004 SAAB 9-3 SAAB 9-3 SAAB All vehicles
Driver speeding 40.0% 34.9% 33.3% 19.0%
Driver drinking 40.0% 31.7% 37.3% 17.7%
At night 50.0% 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 9
Cloudy 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 4
Dark - Not Lighted 3
Dark - Lighted 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
Georgia 1
New Mexico 1
California 1
Pennsylvania 1
Indiana 1
North Carolina 1
South Carolina 1
Mississippi 1
Florida 1
New York 1

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date Location Deaths
Sep 18, 2024 Kingston, Ulster County, New York 1
Aug 1, 2024 Manatee County, Florida 1
May 20, 2024 Wyoming County, Pennsylvania 1
Nov 4, 2023 Lawrence County, Indiana 1
Apr 1, 2022 Nash County, North Carolina 1
Sep 15, 2021 San Mateo County, California 1
Apr 7, 2021 Gwinnett County, Georgia 2
Dec 5, 2020 Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi 1
Aug 6, 2020 Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico 1
Mar 30, 2020 Berkeley County, South Carolina 1

Compare 2004 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.