Fatal crash profile · Model

Ford Escape

Compared with Ford · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
2,470
Fatal crashes
2,458
Deaths inside
1,425
Other deaths
1,360

Between 2020 and 2024, 2,470 vehicles described as Ford Escape were involved in 2,458 fatal crashes in the United States. 1,425 people died inside these vehicles and 1,360 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 421
2021 518
2022 553
2023 507
2024 471

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

51%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About 1.1 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 248 227
2021 331 266
2022 319 303
2023 268 295
2024 259 269

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

11%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About three-quarters of the share for Ford: 16%
  • About 60 percent of the share for all vehicles: 19%

13%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About three-quarters of the share for Ford: 16%
  • About 70 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%

43%

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

  • About the same as the share for Ford: 46%
  • About 90 percent of the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Ford Escape Ford All vehicles
Driver speeding 11.5% 15.9% 19.0%
Driver drinking 12.6% 16.3% 17.7%
At night 43.2% 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 1,729
Cloudy 384
Rain 172
Snow 32
Fog, Smog, Smoke 24

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 1,353
Dark - Not Lighted 578
Dark - Lighted 388
Dusk 55
Dawn 49

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 206
Florida 186
Michigan 159
Ohio 121
California 110
Georgia 105
North Carolina 104
Pennsylvania 99
Illinois 98
Indiana 94

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Ford Escape by model year

Models and model years with fewer than 10 fatal crashes have no page of their own.

Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date Location Deaths
May 15, 2021 Jefferson County, Missouri 2
May 14, 2021 Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas 1
May 14, 2021 Nye County, Nevada 2
May 14, 2021 Romulus, Wayne County, Michigan 2
May 13, 2021 Washington County, Pennsylvania 2
May 13, 2021 Cape May County, New Jersey 1
May 13, 2021 Cook County, Illinois 1
May 11, 2021 Duplin County, North Carolina 1
May 11, 2021 Pinellas County, Florida 2
May 10, 2021 Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 1
May 10, 2021 Kern County, California 1
May 9, 2021 Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas 1
May 8, 2021 Tinicum, Delaware County, Pennsylvania 2
May 8, 2021 Kankakee County, Illinois 1
May 8, 2021 Tehama County, California 1
May 4, 2021 Harold, Floyd County, Kentucky 1
May 3, 2021 Menominee County, Wisconsin 1
May 3, 2021 Winter Haven, Polk County, Florida 1
May 2, 2021 Haywood County, Tennessee 1
May 2, 2021 Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico 1
May 2, 2021 Candia, Rockingham County, New Hampshire 1
May 2, 2021 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana 2
May 1, 2021 Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio 1
May 1, 2021 Hot Spring County, Arkansas 1
Apr 30, 2021 New Kent County, Virginia 1

Compare Ford Escape 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.