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
Dec 4, 2020	Thurston County, Washington	US-101	1
Nov 30, 2020	Greene County, Missouri	CR-60	1
Nov 21, 2020	Jasper County, Indiana	SR-14	2
Nov 18, 2020	Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana	SR-49	1
Nov 1, 2020	Santa Rosa County, Florida	I-10	1
Oct 31, 2020	Northlake, Cook County, Illinois	SR-64 NORTH AVE	1
Oct 23, 2020	Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah	SR-164	1
Sep 24, 2020	Sparks, Cook County, Georgia	CS-064307	1
Sep 18, 2020	Lancaster, Coos County, New Hampshire	US-3	1
Sep 12, 2020	Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wisconsin	SR-164	1
Sep 2, 2020	Orange County, North Carolina	SR-86 BURTON RD	1
Aug 10, 2020	Laramie County, Wyoming	CR-409 BLUE SKY RD	1
Aug 1, 2020	Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee	CR-MORGANTON RD	1
Jul 17, 2020	Wilkes Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania	PENNSYLVANIA AVE	1
Jun 2, 2020	Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky	RIVERSIDE ST	2
May 28, 2020	Franklin County, Georgia	I-85 S	1
May 26, 2020	Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas	82ND ST	1
May 24, 2020	Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino County, California	SR-210	1
Apr 30, 2020	Lane County, Oregon	CR-HILLS CREEK RD	1
Apr 30, 2020	Washington Parish, Louisiana	SR-16	1
Apr 14, 2020	Sacramento County, California	SR-160	3
Feb 17, 2020	Spartanburg County, South Carolina	CR-FLOYD RD	1
Feb 10, 2020	Austin, Travis County, Texas	RUTLAND DR DR	1
Feb 9, 2020	Clark County, Ohio	Medway Carlisle RD	1
Jan 22, 2020	Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama	JORDAN LANE	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.