Fatal crash profile · Model year

2005 Subaru Forester

Compared with Subaru Forester · Subaru · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
26
Fatal crashes
26
Deaths inside
21
Other deaths
8

Between 2020 and 2024, 26 vehicles described as 2005 Subaru Forester were involved in 26 fatal crashes in the United States. 21 people died inside these vehicles and 8 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 9
2021 7
2022 6
2023 2
2024 2

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

72%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About 1.5 times the share for Subaru Forester: 49%
  • About 1.5 times the share for Subaru: 49%
  • About 1.4 times the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 5 4
2021 7 3
2022 5 1
2023 2 0
2024 2 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

19%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About 1.5 times the share for Subaru Forester: 13%
  • About 1.2 times the share for Subaru: 16%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 19%

23%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 1.6 times the share for Subaru Forester: 14%
  • About 1.4 times the share for Subaru: 16%
  • About 1.3 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

42%

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

  • About the same as the share for Subaru Forester: 40%
  • About the same as the share for Subaru: 44%
  • About 85 percent of the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category 2005 Subaru Forester Subaru Forester Subaru All vehicles
Driver speeding 19.2% 12.7% 16.0% 19.0%
Driver drinking 23.1% 14.3% 16.3% 17.7%
At night 42.3% 39.9% 43.8% 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 14
Cloudy 4
Snow 1
Blowing Snow 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 13
Dark - Not Lighted 6
Dark - Lighted 5
Dark - Unknown Lighting 1
Dusk 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
Colorado 4
Virginia 3
California 3
Nevada 2
Missouri 2
New York 2
Vermont 1
Wisconsin 1
Tennessee 1
Pennsylvania 1

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date Location Deaths
Nov 12, 2024 Summit County, Colorado 1
May 11, 2024 Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia 1
Dec 13, 2023 Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut 1
Oct 20, 2023 Broomfield, Broomfield County, Colorado 1
Dec 20, 2022 Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona 1
Nov 30, 2022 Calaveras County, California 1
Oct 25, 2022 Vernon County, Wisconsin 1
Jul 2, 2022 Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska 1
Jun 10, 2022 Ralls County, Missouri 1
May 25, 2022 Waterville, Oneida County, New York 1
Oct 18, 2021 Needles, San Bernardino County, California 1
Oct 12, 2021 Prince William County, Virginia 1
Jun 18, 2021 Chicopee, Hampden County, Massachusetts 1
May 9, 2021 Shenandoah County, Virginia 1
Mar 17, 2021 Nye County, Nevada 2
Feb 27, 2021 Larimer County, Colorado 3
Jan 10, 2021 Flathead County, Montana 1
Nov 16, 2020 Menands, Albany County, New York 1
Oct 29, 2020 Lake County, California 1
Oct 8, 2020 Delta County, Colorado 1
Oct 2, 2020 Springfield, Greene County, Missouri 1
Aug 26, 2020 Lyndonville, Caledonia County, Vermont 1
Jul 6, 2020 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania 1
Jun 8, 2020 Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee 1
Jan 7, 2020 Reno, Washoe County, Nevada 1

Compare 2005 Subaru Forester 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.