Fatal crash profile · Model

Ford Excursion

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 138
Fatal crashes: 138
Deaths inside: 79
Other deaths: 83

Between 2020 and 2024, 138 vehicles described as Ford Excursion were involved in 138 fatal crashes in the United States. 79 people died inside these vehicles and 83 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	37
2021	37
2022	28
2023	24
2024	12

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

49%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

About the same as 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	23	21
2021	25	19
2022	10	19
2023	12	18
2024	9	6

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

22%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

About 1.4 times the share for Ford: 16%
About 1.1 times the share for all vehicles: 19%

18%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About 1.1 times the share for Ford: 16%
About the same as the share for all vehicles: 18%

44%

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 Excursion	Ford	All vehicles
Driver speeding	21.7%	15.9%	19.0%
Driver drinking	18.1%	16.3%	17.7%
At night	44.2%	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	103
Cloudy	15
Rain	7
Fog, Smog, Smoke	2
Blowing Snow	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	81
Dark - Not Lighted	33
Dark - Lighted	19
Dusk	2
Dawn	2

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
Florida	15
Texas	14
California	13
Arizona	7
North Carolina	7
Georgia	6
Virginia	6
Oregon	5
Illinois	4
Wisconsin	4

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Ford Excursion by model year

2005 20 crashes
2004 19 crashes
2003 13 crashes
2002 16 crashes
2001 22 crashes
2000 48 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
Jul 19, 2023	Leon County, Texas	I-45	1
Jul 9, 2023	Umatilla County, Oregon	SR-11 ODOT 8	1
Jun 30, 2023	New Hanover County, North Carolina	US-117	1
May 17, 2023	Grant County, Kentucky	US-25 N MAIN ST	1
May 4, 2023	Carson County, Texas	I-40	1
Apr 18, 2023	Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia	US-340	2
Apr 2, 2023	Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas	FM 157	1
Mar 29, 2023	Cache County, Utah	US-89	3
Jan 25, 2023	Fremont, Alameda County, California	FREMONT BL	1
Jan 18, 2023	Waukesha County, Wisconsin	CR-V	1
Jan 11, 2023	Hanson County, South Dakota	I-90 E	1
Dec 10, 2022	Shasta County, California	OLD 44 DR	1
Dec 7, 2022	Orange County, Florida	DEAN ROAD	1
Nov 22, 2022	DeKalb County, Georgia	CR-518900	1
Nov 12, 2022	Oconee County, South Carolina	SR-130 ROCHESTER HWY	1
Oct 30, 2022	Carteret County, North Carolina	SR-24	1
Oct 26, 2022	Miami-Dade County, Florida	NW 32ND AVE	1
Oct 22, 2022	Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico	I-25	1
Oct 18, 2022	Livingston Parish, Louisiana	SR-1024	1
Oct 8, 2022	Prineville, Crook County, Oregon	SR-126 ODOT 41	1
Sep 11, 2022	Polk County, Wisconsin	CR-G	1
Sep 8, 2022	Delaware County, Ohio	US-36 SR-3	1
Aug 23, 2022	Broward County, Florida	US-27	1
Aug 22, 2022	Marion, Lauderdale County, Mississippi	DALE DR	1
Jul 29, 2022	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois	SOUTH STONY ISLAND AVE	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.