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
Mar 20, 2023	Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia	SR-154/166 CAMPBELLTON RD	2
Mar 19, 2023	Alcona County, Michigan	SR-65	1
Feb 19, 2023	Emmet County, Michigan	I-75	1
Feb 1, 2023	Clayton County, Georgia	CR-002800	1
Jan 25, 2023	Volusia County, Florida	US-92	1
Jan 16, 2023	Bedford County, Pennsylvania	SR-56 QUAKER VALLEY RD	1
Jan 11, 2023	Davidson County, North Carolina	SSR-1272 JERSEY CHURCH RD	1
Dec 24, 2022	Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma	US-270	2
Dec 11, 2022	Sarasota County, Florida	SR-758	1
Dec 2, 2022	Montgomery County, Ohio	I-75	1
Nov 26, 2022	Johnson County, Missouri	SR-13	1
Nov 19, 2022	Monroe County, Michigan	US-24 TELEGRAPH RD	1
Nov 17, 2022	Lyon County, Kentucky	SR-293	1
Nov 5, 2022	Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona	MERIDIAN RD	1
Nov 2, 2022	Gallup, McKinley County, New Mexico	I-40	1
Oct 29, 2022	San Diego, San Diego County, California	MISSION BLVD	3
Oct 23, 2022	Fairfield County, Ohio	CR-39 LITHOPOLIS RD	1
Oct 18, 2022	Renville County, Minnesota	SR-4	1
Oct 7, 2022	Stokes County, North Carolina	SSR-1935 PINEY MOUNTAIN RD	1
Oct 3, 2022	Kern County, California	E TEHACHAPI BLVD	1
Sep 26, 2022	Cumberland County, Pennsylvania	SR-641 TRINDLE RD	1
Sep 25, 2022	Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio	INDIANOLA AVE	1
Sep 20, 2022	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas	I-30	1
Sep 9, 2022	Angola, Erie County, New York	US-20 SOUTHWESTERN BLVD	1
Sep 7, 2022	Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota	W CENTER ST	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.