Fatal crash profile · Model

Volkswagen Golf

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 105
Fatal crashes: 105
Deaths inside: 62
Other deaths: 62

Between 2020 and 2024, 105 vehicles described as Volkswagen Golf were involved in 105 fatal crashes in the United States. 62 people died inside these vehicles and 62 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	19
2022	26
2023	21
2024	14

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

50%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

About the same as the share for Volkswagen: 47%
About the same as the share for all vehicles: 51%

Deaths in these crashes by year

Category	Inside these vehicles	Other road users
2020	20	12
2021	8	13
2022	17	12
2023	7	19
2024	10	6

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

26%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

About 1.3 times the share for Volkswagen: 20%
About 1.4 times the share for all vehicles: 19%

20%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About the same as the share for Volkswagen: 20%
About 1.1 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

61%

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

About the same as the share for Volkswagen: 56%
About 1.2 times the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	Volkswagen Golf	Volkswagen	All vehicles
Driver speeding	25.7%	19.9%	19.0%
Driver drinking	20.0%	19.8%	17.7%
At night	61.0%	56.1%	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	82
Cloudy	9
Rain	7
Fog, Smog, Smoke	4

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	39
Dark - Not Lighted	37
Dark - Lighted	22
Dawn	5
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
Texas	8
California	7
Oregon	7
Florida	7
North Carolina	7
Colorado	6
Tennessee	5
Washington	5
Ohio	5
Arizona	4

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Volkswagen Golf by model year

2015 10 crashes
2013 10 crashes
2012 13 crashes
2011 10 crashes
2004 11 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
Jul 1, 2023	New Castle County, Delaware	SR-4 OGLETOWN STANTON RD	1
May 24, 2023	Washington County, Maryland	CR-937	1
May 5, 2023	San Bernardino County, California	I-15	1
Apr 28, 2023	Fulton County, Ohio	US-20	3
Apr 12, 2023	Thurston County, Washington	CR-BALD HILL RD SE	1
Mar 27, 2023	Lee County, Florida	CR-865	1
Feb 16, 2023	Greendale, Dearborn County, Indiana	US-50	1
Feb 9, 2023	Los Angeles County, California	SR-126 HENRY MAYO DR	1
Jan 22, 2023	Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania	SSR-2001 OREGON AVE	1
Jan 11, 2023	Clackamas County, Oregon	SR-224 ODOT 171	1
Dec 25, 2022	Hempstead, Nassau County, New York	CR-7B GREENWICH ST	1
Dec 15, 2022	Denver, Denver County, Colorado	I-25	1
Dec 14, 2022	Bastrop County, Texas	FM 969	1
Dec 10, 2022	Luzerne County, Pennsylvania	SR-2021 JAMES A MUSTO BYP	1
Nov 30, 2022	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee	US-31A/41 SR-1 LAFAYETTE ST	1
Nov 3, 2022	Aiken County, South Carolina	SR-1304 HATCHAWAY BRIDGE RD	1
Oct 9, 2022	Orem, Utah County, Utah	I-15	1
Aug 30, 2022	Van Buren County, Tennessee	CR-BAKER MOUNTAIN RD	1
Aug 23, 2022	Frederick County, Virginia	US-522	1
Jul 30, 2022	Adams County, Colorado	E 40TH AVE	1
Jul 14, 2022	Alamance County, North Carolina	E GREENSBORO CHAPEL HILL RD	2
Jun 26, 2022	Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska	WEST CENTER RD	2
Jun 21, 2022	Shakopee, Scott County, Minnesota	CR-101	1
Jun 20, 2022	Onslow County, North Carolina	US-17	1
Jun 4, 2022	New Castle County, Delaware	SR-9	2

Compare Volkswagen Golf 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.