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
Dec 22, 2020 Davie, Broward County, Florida 1
Dec 20, 2020 Manchester, Ontario County, New York 1
Dec 19, 2020 Gray, Washington County, Tennessee 1
Dec 19, 2020 Wilson County, Tennessee 1
Dec 18, 2020 Humphreys County, Tennessee 2
Dec 18, 2020 Morgan County, Alabama 1
Dec 15, 2020 Geauga County, Ohio 1
Dec 15, 2020 Darke County, Ohio 1
Dec 15, 2020 Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York 2
Dec 13, 2020 Bloomington, Hennepin County, Minnesota 1
Dec 13, 2020 Ohio County, Kentucky 1
Dec 13, 2020 Broward County, Florida 1
Dec 12, 2020 Buckeye, Pocahontas County, West Virginia 1
Dec 10, 2020 Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio 1
Dec 7, 2020 Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas 1
Dec 7, 2020 Pulaski, Candler County, Georgia 1
Dec 7, 2020 Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia 1
Dec 6, 2020 Montrose, Effingham County, Illinois 1
Dec 3, 2020 Wilkinson County, Mississippi 1
Dec 3, 2020 Clay County, Indiana 1
Dec 2, 2020 Ramage, Boone County, West Virginia 1
Dec 2, 2020 Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee 2
Dec 2, 2020 Portage County, Ohio 2
Dec 2, 2020 Little Falls, Morrison County, Minnesota 1
Dec 1, 2020 Fort Atkinson, Winneshiek County, Iowa 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.