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
Dec 31, 2022	Crab Orchard, Cumberland County, Tennessee	US-70 SR-1	1
Dec 31, 2022	Lincoln County, South Dakota	US-18	1
Dec 24, 2022	Rockbridge County, Virginia	US-11	1
Dec 16, 2022	Kern County, California	SR-178	1
Dec 7, 2022	Stafford County, Kansas	NE 50TH AVE	2
Nov 28, 2022	Scotland County, North Carolina	SSR-1435 SKYWAY CHURCH RD	1
Nov 26, 2022	Johnston County, North Carolina	US-70	1
Nov 18, 2022	Greene County, Mississippi	US-57	1
Nov 13, 2022	Wayne County, North Carolina	US-70 BYP	4
Nov 9, 2022	Bourbon County, Kentucky	US-68 MILLERSBURG RD	1
Nov 8, 2022	Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia	CR-39 NELMS RD	1
Nov 5, 2022	Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama	E UNIVERSITY BLVD	1
Oct 30, 2022	Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois	WALNUT ST	1
Oct 17, 2022	Travis County, Texas	SR-130	1
Oct 12, 2022	Wasilla, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska	SR-3 PARKS HWY	1
Oct 11, 2022	Branch County, Michigan	CR-WRIGHT RD	1
Oct 9, 2022	Berkeley County, South Carolina	SR-1258 FARMINGTON RD	1
Oct 7, 2022	Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee	SR-91 E MAIN ST	1
Oct 7, 2022	West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut	SR-34	1
Sep 25, 2022	Bullhead City, Mohave County, Arizona	SR-68	1
Sep 4, 2022	Mercer County, Kentucky	SR-152 BURGIN RD	1
Sep 3, 2022	McHenry, McHenry County, Illinois	SR-31	2
Sep 1, 2022	Hazelwood, St. Louis County, Missouri	I-270	1
Aug 29, 2022	King and Queen County, Virginia	SR-14 LEWIS B PULLER MEMORIAL	1
Aug 27, 2022	Farmington, San Juan County, New Mexico	SR-371	2

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.