Fatal crash profile · Model

Saturn Aura

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 109
Fatal crashes: 109
Deaths inside: 70
Other deaths: 43

Between 2020 and 2024, 109 vehicles described as Saturn Aura were involved in 109 fatal crashes in the United States. 70 people died inside these vehicles and 43 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	23
2021	34
2022	18
2023	22
2024	12

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

62%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

About the same as the share for Saturn: 68%
About 1.2 times the share for all vehicles: 51%

Deaths in these crashes by year

Category	Inside these vehicles	Other road users
2020	12	12
2021	21	15
2022	12	6
2023	15	8
2024	10	2

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

21%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

About the same as the share for Saturn: 21%
About 1.1 times the share for all vehicles: 19%

18%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About the same as the share for Saturn: 20%
About the same as the share for all vehicles: 18%

49%

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

About the same as the share for Saturn: 53%
About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	Saturn Aura	Saturn	All vehicles
Driver speeding	21.1%	20.7%	19.0%
Driver drinking	18.3%	20.0%	17.7%
At night	48.6%	53.4%	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	85
Cloudy	13
Rain	7
Sleet or Hail	1
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	53
Dark - Lighted	29
Dark - Not Lighted	21
Dawn	5
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
Michigan	11
Ohio	10
Texas	9
California	9
Florida	7
Illinois	6
South Carolina	5
Arizona	4
Tennessee	4
Indiana	4

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Saturn Aura by model year

2009 22 crashes
2008 35 crashes
2007 51 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
May 28, 2021	Mille Lacs County, Minnesota	US-169	1
May 6, 2021	Ogle County, Illinois	SR-251	1
Apr 23, 2021	Clearfield, Davis County, Utah	SR-108	1
Apr 17, 2021	Tipp City, Miami County, Ohio	HARMONY DR	1
Apr 15, 2021	Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri	PENN VALLEY DR	1
Apr 14, 2021	Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan	I-94	1
Apr 4, 2021	Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana	US-27	1
Mar 29, 2021	Douglas County, Oregon	CR-OLD HWY 99 S	1
Feb 12, 2021	Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas	ARKANSAS LN	1
Jan 17, 2021	Palatine, Cook County, Illinois	NICHOLS DR	1
Jan 13, 2021	Winston Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina	SR-150	1
Dec 27, 2020	San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California	W 2ND ST	1
Dec 4, 2020	East Point, Fulton County, Georgia	I-85	1
Nov 11, 2020	Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky	SR-1020	1
Sep 7, 2020	Davenport, Scott County, Iowa	US-67/E RIVER DR	1
Aug 15, 2020	Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota	8TH AVE	2
Aug 13, 2020	Mercer County, Ohio	CR-21B WABASH RD	1
Aug 10, 2020	Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida	NE 15TH ST	1
Aug 7, 2020	Clark County, Idaho	I-15	1
Jul 22, 2020	Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas	MONTANA	1
Jul 20, 2020	Forest Park, Hamilton County, Ohio	CR-266 KEMPER RD	1
Jul 10, 2020	Winthrop, St. Lawrence County, New York	SR-11C	1
Jun 20, 2020	Tulare County, California	ROAD 100	1
Jun 14, 2020	Decatur, Macon County, Illinois	GRAND AVE	1
Jun 9, 2020	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas	SINGLETON BLVD	1

Compare Saturn Aura 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.