Fatal crash profile · Model

Saturn SL2

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 75
Fatal crashes: 75
Deaths inside: 74
Other deaths: 10

Between 2020 and 2024, 75 vehicles described as Saturn SL2 were involved in 75 fatal crashes in the United States. 74 people died inside these vehicles and 10 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	25
2021	15
2022	16
2023	10
2024	9

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

88%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

About 1.3 times the share for Saturn: 68%
About 1.7 times the share for all vehicles: 51%

Deaths in these crashes by year

Category	Inside these vehicles	Other road users
2020	25	4
2021	16	1
2022	16	2
2023	8	2
2024	9	1

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

15%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

About two-thirds of the share for Saturn: 21%
About three-quarters of the share for all vehicles: 19%

11%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About half the share for Saturn: 20%
About 60 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%

44%

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

About 80 percent of the share for Saturn: 53%
About 90 percent of the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	Saturn SL2	Saturn	All vehicles
Driver speeding	14.7%	20.7%	19.0%
Driver drinking	10.7%	20.0%	17.7%
At night	44.0%	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	51
Cloudy	13
Rain	5

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	40
Dark - Not Lighted	21
Dark - Lighted	10
Dusk	2
Dawn	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	6
Texas	5
Ohio	4
Georgia	4
Illinois	4
Tennessee	3
Alabama	3
Pennsylvania	3
Arizona	3
Indiana	3

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Saturn SL2 by model year

2002 14 crashes
2000 12 crashes
1999 14 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
Aug 30, 2022	Clarendon County, South Carolina	SR-64 MW RICKENBAKER RD	1
Aug 20, 2022	Coles County, Illinois	SR-130	1
Jul 1, 2022	Sanilac County, Michigan	SR-25 LAKESHRE RD	1
Jun 30, 2022	Lyon County, Kansas	ROAD 170	1
Apr 23, 2022	Pasquotank County, North Carolina	SR-344 WEEKSVILLE RD	1
Mar 18, 2022	Washoe County, Nevada	SR-443	1
Mar 9, 2022	Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama	US-11 SR-7	1
Mar 8, 2022	Lyons, Toombs County, Georgia	SR-4	2
Feb 4, 2022	Bartlett, Cook County, Illinois	US-20	1
Jan 4, 2022	Tucson, Pima County, Arizona	E 22ND ST	1
Nov 29, 2021	Hidalgo County, Texas	CR-FLORAL RD	1
Sep 18, 2021	San Bernardino County, California	NATIONAL TRAILS HWY	1
Sep 8, 2021	Lyon County, Nevada	SR-439 S	1
Sep 7, 2021	Vernon, Apache County, Arizona	US-60	1
Jun 29, 2021	Hamilton, Atlantic County, New Jersey	SR-50	1
May 18, 2021	Troy, Pike County, Alabama	US-231 SR-10	2
May 4, 2021	Ventura County, California	SR-118	1
Apr 16, 2021	Wyoming County, Pennsylvania	SR-2012 LAKE WINOLA RD	1
Apr 6, 2021	El Paso County, Colorado	SR-115	2
Feb 21, 2021	Allegany County, Maryland	US-40AL	1
Feb 11, 2021	Watervliet, Albany County, New York	SR-32 3RD AVE	1
Jan 29, 2021	Sacramento County, California	ANTELOPE RD	1
Jan 16, 2021	Buckingham County, Virginia	CR-672	1
Jan 14, 2021	Pittsgrove Township, Salem County, New Jersey	CR-613 GARDEN RD	1
Jan 13, 2021	DeSoto County, Mississippi	CR-ODAM RD	1

Compare Saturn SL2 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.