Fatal crash profile · Model

Ford Ecosport

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 183
Fatal crashes: 183
Deaths inside: 105
Other deaths: 93

Between 2020 and 2024, 183 vehicles described as Ford Ecosport were involved in 183 fatal crashes in the United States. 105 people died inside these vehicles and 93 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	22
2021	36
2022	43
2023	41
2024	41

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

53%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

About 1.2 times the share for Ford: 45%
About the same as the share for all vehicles: 51%

Deaths in these crashes by year

Category	Inside these vehicles	Other road users
2020	11	11
2021	24	15
2022	28	20
2023	23	21
2024	19	26

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

12%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

About three-quarters of the share for Ford: 16%
About two-thirds of the share for all vehicles: 19%

10%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About two-thirds of the share for Ford: 16%
About 60 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%

45%

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

About the same as the share for Ford: 46%
About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	Ford Ecosport	Ford	All vehicles
Driver speeding	12.0%	15.9%	19.0%
Driver drinking	10.4%	16.3%	17.7%
At night	44.8%	45.5%	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	141
Cloudy	23
Rain	6
Snow	2
Fog, Smog, Smoke	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	93
Dark - Not Lighted	46
Dark - Lighted	33
Dusk	4
Dark - Unknown Lighting	3

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	16
Ohio	15
California	13
Pennsylvania	12
North Carolina	11
Florida	10
Michigan	9
Georgia	8
Minnesota	8
New York	7

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Ford Ecosport by model year

2021 31 crashes
2020 47 crashes
2019 37 crashes
2018 61 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
Sep 16, 2023	Lorain County, Ohio	SR-57	1
Sep 14, 2023	Seneca County, Ohio	SR-101	1
Sep 11, 2023	La Plata County, Colorado	CR-207	2
Sep 5, 2023	Foxboro, Norfolk County, Massachusetts	I-495	1
Aug 27, 2023	Macon, Bibb County, Georgia	SR-74	1
Aug 24, 2023	Wayne County, Michigan	BELLEVILLE RD	1
Aug 15, 2023	Bradford County, Florida	CR-227	1
Aug 5, 2023	Wake County, North Carolina	SSR-2506 MAJOR SLADE RD	1
Aug 1, 2023	Perry County, Pennsylvania	US-22 WILLIAM PENN HWY	1
Aug 1, 2023	Smithtown, Suffolk County, New York	SR-908K SUNKEN MEADOW PKWY	1
Jul 18, 2023	Douglas County, Oregon	SR-138W ODOT 231	1
Jul 18, 2023	Lake County, Illinois	US-12	2
Jul 12, 2023	Rockwall County, Texas	SR-276	1
Jul 5, 2023	Putnam County, West Virginia	SR-34 - MCLANE PIKE	1
Jun 26, 2023	Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky	US-31 DIXIE HWY	1
Jun 21, 2023	Big Sandy, Upshur County, Texas	US-80/BROADWAY ST	1
Jun 9, 2023	Hubbard County, Minnesota	SR-64	1
May 31, 2023	Grant County, Indiana	SR-22	1
May 24, 2023	Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania	SR-307 SCRANTON POCONO HWY	1
May 13, 2023	Sussex County, Delaware	US-9 LEWES-GEORGETOWN HWY	1
May 8, 2023	Minnetonka Mills, Hennepin County, Minnesota	CR-61 XENIUM LA	1
Apr 19, 2023	Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia	US-33	1
Apr 1, 2023	Christian County, Illinois	SR-29	1
Mar 24, 2023	Dodge County, Minnesota	CR-13 250TH AVE	1
Mar 21, 2023	Melbourne, Brevard County, Florida	US-1	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.