Fatal crash profile · Model

Saturn Vue

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 304
Fatal crashes: 304
Deaths inside: 204
Other deaths: 145

Between 2020 and 2024, 304 vehicles described as Saturn Vue were involved in 304 fatal crashes in the United States. 204 people died inside these vehicles and 145 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 suvs or with all vehicles.

Overview

Vehicles in fatal crashes

Vehicles in fatal crashes by year

Category	Vehicles
2020	71
2021	69
2022	64
2023	62
2024	38

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

58%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

About 85 percent of the share for Saturn: 68%
About 1.1 times the share for all vehicles: 51%

Deaths in these crashes by year

Category	Inside these vehicles	Other road users
2020	50	36
2021	38	41
2022	50	23
2023	38	31
2024	28	14

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

20%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

About the same as the share for Saturn: 21%
About the same as 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 1.2 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

56%

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

About the same as the share for Saturn: 53%
About 1.1 times the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	Saturn Vue	Saturn	All vehicles
Driver speeding	19.7%	20.7%	19.0%
Driver drinking	20.4%	20.0%	17.7%
At night	55.9%	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	231
Cloudy	35
Rain	18
Fog, Smog, Smoke	3
Snow	3

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	141
Dark - Not Lighted	88
Dark - Lighted	57
Dawn	8
Dusk	7

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
Texas	25
North Carolina	20
California	20
Ohio	17
Florida	16
Illinois	14
Tennessee	14
Michigan	13
South Carolina	13
Kentucky	13

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Saturn Vue by model year

2009 20 crashes
2008 65 crashes
2007 50 crashes
2006 58 crashes
2005 43 crashes
2004 44 crashes
2003 18 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
Apr 14, 2024	Cabot, Lonoke County, Arkansas	SR-5	1
Mar 29, 2024	Peabody, Essex County, Massachusetts	LYNN ST	1
Mar 12, 2024	Walker County, Texas	FM 247	1
Feb 24, 2024	Gregg County, Texas	I-20 RAMP	1
Feb 17, 2024	Edgecombe County, North Carolina	US-64 ALT	3
Feb 17, 2024	Putnam County, Florida	CR-315	1
Jan 15, 2024	Will County, Illinois	CR-23/PAULING RD	1
Jan 12, 2024	Pueblo County, Colorado	SR-45 PUEBLO BLVD	1
Jan 10, 2024	Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas	I-20/SOUTHWEST LOOP	1
Jan 5, 2024	Hoover, Jefferson County, Alabama	I-459	2
Jan 4, 2024	Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska	MU-LEIGHTON AVE	1
Jan 2, 2024	Bastrop County, Texas	SR-71	1
Jan 1, 2024	Austin, Travis County, Texas	I-35	1
Dec 31, 2023	Roseville, Placer County, California	ROSEVILLE PKWY	1
Dec 25, 2023	Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio	MU-1679 NEW YORK AV	1
Dec 22, 2023	Brunswick County, North Carolina	SSR-1140 OXPEN RD SW	1
Dec 12, 2023	Clark County, Nevada	S SLOAN LN	1
Dec 7, 2023	Lincoln County, Washington	I-90	1
Nov 22, 2023	Monroe County, Tennessee	SR-39 MECCA PK	1
Nov 16, 2023	Churchill County, Nevada	US-50A	1
Nov 15, 2023	Rochester Hills, Oakland County, Michigan	SR-150 ROCHESTER RD	1
Nov 13, 2023	Marion County, Florida	CR-314	1
Nov 9, 2023	Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri	MU-TROOST AVE	1
Nov 4, 2023	Carroll County, Maryland	SR-26	4
Oct 31, 2023	Wilder, Campbell County, Kentucky	I-275 E	1

Compare Saturn Vue 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.