Fatal crash profile · Model year

2000 Subaru Legacy

Compared with Subaru Legacy · Subaru · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
36
Fatal crashes
36
Deaths inside
23
Other deaths
16

Between 2020 and 2024, 36 vehicles described as 2000 Subaru Legacy were involved in 36 fatal crashes in the United States. 23 people died inside these vehicles and 16 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 6
2021 10
2022 8
2023 9
2024 3

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

59%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About the same as the share for Subaru Legacy: 54%
  • About 1.2 times the share for Subaru: 49%
  • About 1.2 times the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 2 5
2021 7 4
2022 4 4
2023 7 3
2024 3 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 the same as the share for Subaru Legacy: 18%
  • About 1.2 times the share for Subaru: 16%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 19%

22%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 1.1 times the share for Subaru Legacy: 20%
  • About 1.4 times the share for Subaru: 16%
  • About 1.3 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

36%

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

  • About 80 percent of the share for Subaru Legacy: 45%
  • About 80 percent of the share for Subaru: 44%
  • About three-quarters of the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category 2000 Subaru Legacy Subaru Legacy Subaru All vehicles
Driver speeding 19.4% 18.0% 16.0% 19.0%
Driver drinking 22.2% 20.1% 16.3% 17.7%
At night 36.1% 45.3% 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 22
Cloudy 3
Fog, Smog, Smoke 3
Snow 3
Rain 2

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 19
Dark - Not Lighted 7
Dawn 4
Dark - Lighted 4
Dusk 2

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
California 4
Washington 2
Alaska 2
North Carolina 2
Montana 2
West Virginia 2
Indiana 2
Georgia 2
Hawaii 1

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date Location Deaths
Nov 11, 2024 Butte County, California 1
Aug 24, 2024 Burlington, Mineral County, West Virginia 1
Jul 7, 2024 Madera County, California 1
Oct 31, 2023 Fayette County, Pennsylvania 1
Sep 8, 2023 Skagit County, Washington 1
Sep 3, 2023 Buncombe County, North Carolina 1
Mar 31, 2023 Storey County, Nevada 2
Mar 31, 2023 Powell County, Montana 1
Mar 4, 2023 Thurston County, Washington 1
Feb 23, 2023 Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska 1
Jan 26, 2023 Oakland County, Michigan 1
Jan 17, 2023 Jefferson County, Colorado 1
Oct 22, 2022 Aurora, Arapahoe County, Colorado 1
Aug 2, 2022 Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee 1
Jul 1, 2022 Shelby County, Indiana 1
Jun 16, 2022 Hampshire County, West Virginia 1
May 21, 2022 Marriott, Weber County, Utah 1
Apr 19, 2022 Monroe County, Ohio 1
Mar 31, 2022 Tillamook County, Oregon 1
Mar 27, 2022 Frederick County, Maryland 1
Dec 28, 2021 Gary, Lake County, Indiana 1
Dec 3, 2021 Bernalillo County, New Mexico 1
Nov 21, 2021 East Irvine, Orange County, California 1
Aug 10, 2021 Chesterfield County, Virginia 1
Jul 15, 2021 Nicollet County, Minnesota 1

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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.