The manufacturer filed it. Here it is, by model.
Audi: deaths and injuries reported to NHTSA, by model
573 incidents on file across 15 Audi models in Audi’s quarterly Early Warning reports (49 CFR 579.21), through 2026 Q1: 22 killed, 650 injured, as claimed. Each is an allegation the manufacturer received, not a finding.
By model
Source: manufacturer EWR death and injury reports| Model | Incidents | Killed | Injured | Model years | Most-named system |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q5 | 167 | 2 | 191 | 2009–2025 | Air Bags |
| A4 | 116 | 5 | 131 | 2004–2024 | Air Bags |
| Q7 | 81 | 3 | 105 | 2007–2025 | Air Bags |
| A6 | 43 | 3 | 47 | 2007–2025 | Air Bags |
| A5 | 42 | 3 | 45 | 2009–2025 | Air Bags |
| A3 | 39 | 1 | 39 | 2006–2023 | Air Bags |
| Q3 | 30 | 0 | 31 | 2015–2025 | Air Bags |
| Q8 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 2019–2024 | Seats |
| A8 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2005–2019 | Air Bags |
| A7 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 2012–2021 | Fire |
| e-tron | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2019–2019 | Structure |
| TT Roadster | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2002–2016 | Air Bags |
| e-tron GT | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2022–2024 | Electrical System |
| R8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2010–2012 | Fire |
| TT | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2022–2022 | Air Bags |
What these reports are, and are not
Source: 49 CFR 579.21The manufacturer’s own quarterly report
Under NHTSA’s Early Warning Reporting rule, Audi must report every claim or notice it received alleging a death or injury in one of its vehicles: the model and model year, the incident date, the state, how many were killed or injured, and the systems the claimant named. The manufacturer files it; NHTSA publishes it.
An allegation, as received
A row is a lawsuit, a claim letter or a consumer notice that named a death or injury. It is not a finding that the vehicle caused anything, and NHTSA does not verify it. The systems named are the claimant’s, not an engineer’s.
Counts scale with sales
A model that sold two million will have more reports than one that sold fifty thousand. These pages count; they do not rank. Set a figure against the model’s production and its peers before reading anything into it.
Where the complete list is
Every report on a model and system, dated and numbered beside the recalls, investigations, bulletins and owner complaints, is exhibit F of the defect dossier. The same records are free to read here; the dossier is the file you can cite.
Questions about these reports
Source: NHTSA Early Warning ReportingWhere does NHTSA publish Early Warning Reporting data?
On the Early Warning Reporting page under Vehicle Manufacturers at nhtsa.gov, through a search box that asks for the manufacturer, the report type and the quarter. WhichTrim reads the same tables every night and lays them out by model.
Does a report here mean the Audi has a defect?
No. It means the manufacturer received a claim or notice alleging a death or injury and named this model in its quarterly report, as the rule requires. NHTSA reads these reports for patterns; a recall or an investigation is where a finding would appear.
Why is the incident date sometimes blank?
The manufacturer did not report one. The quarter the report was filed in is always shown.
Can I get every incident as a spreadsheet?
The defect dossier for a model and system includes them in its exhibits CSV, each with its date, state, the counts and the systems named.