Fatal crash profile · Model

Saturn SL1

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 69
Fatal crashes: 69
Deaths inside: 60
Other deaths: 16

Between 2020 and 2024, 69 vehicles described as Saturn SL1 were involved in 69 fatal crashes in the United States. 60 people died inside these vehicles and 16 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	16
2021	18
2022	18
2023	12
2024	5

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

79%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

About 1.2 times the share for Saturn: 68%
About 1.6 times the share for all vehicles: 51%

Deaths in these crashes by year

Category	Inside these vehicles	Other road users
2020	17	3
2021	13	6
2022	15	4
2023	10	3
2024	5	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

25%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

About 1.2 times the share for Saturn: 21%
About 1.3 times the share for all vehicles: 19%

20%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About the same as the share for Saturn: 20%
About 1.1 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

58%

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

About the same as the share for Saturn: 53%
About 1.2 times the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	Saturn SL1	Saturn	All vehicles
Driver speeding	24.6%	20.7%	19.0%
Driver drinking	20.3%	20.0%	17.7%
At night	58.0%	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	46
Rain	11
Cloudy	6
Fog, Smog, Smoke	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	30
Dark - Not Lighted	23
Dark - Lighted	12
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
North Carolina	9
Tennessee	5
California	5
Florida	4
Washington	4
Michigan	4
Missouri	3
Ohio	3
Oregon	3
Kansas	3

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Saturn SL1 by model year

2002 18 crashes
2001 16 crashes
1997 12 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
Sep 30, 2024	Hamilton County, Nebraska	I-80	1
Sep 28, 2024	Greenfield, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin	CR-Y W LAYTON AVE	1
Sep 16, 2024	Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina	SR-150	1
Jul 24, 2024	Otero County, Colorado	US-50	1
Jun 23, 2024	Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas	W CENTRAL AVE	1
Dec 30, 2023	Jefferson County, Missouri	CR-MAPAVILLE-HEMATITE RD	1
Dec 6, 2023	Spokane County, Washington	CR-E FREDERICK AVE	1
Nov 25, 2023	Refugio County, Texas	SR-239	1
Oct 24, 2023	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois	S LARAMIE AVE	1
Oct 7, 2023	Green Lake County, Wisconsin	CR-A	1
Sep 17, 2023	Modesto, Stanislaus County, California	SR-108 MCHENRY AVE	1
Sep 7, 2023	Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona	A AVENUE	2
Jul 27, 2023	Saginaw County, Michigan	JOHNSTON RD	1
Jun 6, 2023	El Paso County, Colorado	SWEET RD	1
May 15, 2023	Cheatham County, Tennessee	CR-POND CREEK RD	1
Mar 26, 2023	Ventura County, California	SR-126	1
Jan 13, 2023	Beauregard Parish, Louisiana	SR-27	1
Dec 18, 2022	Creve Coeur, St. Louis County, Missouri	I-270	1
Nov 7, 2022	El Paso, El Paso County, Texas	MISSOURI AVE	1
Nov 6, 2022	Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas	MACARTHUR RD	1
Nov 4, 2022	Hanford, Kings County, California	10TH AV	1
Oct 30, 2022	Stewart County, Tennessee	US-79 SR-76 AUSTIN PEAY MEMORI	1
Sep 7, 2022	Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, Virginia	POLO PKWY	1
Aug 17, 2022	Oakland, Alameda County, California	14TH ST	1
Aug 1, 2022	Cullman County, Alabama	CR-1669	2

Compare Saturn SL1 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.