Fatal crash profile · Model
Ford Explorer
Compared with Ford · All vehicles
- Vehicles, 2020–2024
- 2,742
- Fatal crashes
- 2,723
- Deaths inside
- 1,339
- Other deaths
- 1,739
Between 2020 and 2024, 2,742 vehicles described as Ford Explorer were involved in 2,723 fatal crashes in the United States. 1,339 people died inside these vehicles and 1,739 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
| Category | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 573 |
| 2021 | 596 |
| 2022 | 537 |
| 2023 | 538 |
| 2024 | 498 |
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
44%
of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles
- About the same as the share for Ford: 45%
- About 85 percent of the share for all vehicles: 51%
| Category | Inside these vehicles | Other road users |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 307 | 325 |
| 2021 | 284 | 391 |
| 2022 | 278 | 329 |
| 2023 | 234 | 356 |
| 2024 | 236 | 338 |
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
16%
of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding
- About the same as the share for Ford: 16%
- About 85 percent of the share for all vehicles: 19%
15%
of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking
- About the same as the share for Ford: 16%
- About 85 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%
48%
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%
| Category | Ford Explorer | Ford | All vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver speeding | 16.2% | 15.9% | 19.0% |
| Driver drinking | 15.1% | 16.3% | 17.7% |
| At night | 48.2% | 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
| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| Clear | 1,960 |
| Cloudy | 369 |
| Rain | 198 |
| Fog, Smog, Smoke | 37 |
| Snow | 26 |
Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.
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| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| Daylight | 1,378 |
| Dark - Not Lighted | 656 |
| Dark - Lighted | 548 |
| Dusk | 61 |
| Dawn | 46 |
Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.
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Where
States with the most crashes
| Category | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| Texas | 268 |
| California | 239 |
| Florida | 195 |
| North Carolina | 139 |
| Georgia | 136 |
| Michigan | 104 |
| Illinois | 89 |
| Tennessee | 89 |
| Ohio | 88 |
| Virginia | 77 |
Larger states have more vehicles on the road.
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Explore
Ford Explorer by model year
- 2023 33 crashes
- 2022 54 crashes
- 2021 99 crashes
- 2020 155 crashes
- 2019 88 crashes
- 2018 159 crashes
- 2017 204 crashes
- 2016 147 crashes
- 2015 110 crashes
- 2014 105 crashes
- 2013 143 crashes
- 2012 51 crashes
- 2011 58 crashes
- 2010 36 crashes
- 2009 12 crashes
- 2008 45 crashes
- 2007 53 crashes
- 2006 67 crashes
- 2005 100 crashes
- 2004 139 crashes
- 2003 125 crashes
- 2002 179 crashes
- 2001 79 crashes
- 2000 94 crashes
- 1999 86 crashes
- 1998 106 crashes
- 1997 66 crashes
- 1996 63 crashes
- 1995 24 crashes
- 1994 15 crashes
- 1993 12 crashes
- 1992 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 2022 | Martin County, Texas | SR-349 | 1 |
| Dec 21, 2022 | Parma Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio | CR-176 BROADVIEW RD | 1 |
| Dec 21, 2022 | Saginaw County, Michigan | CR-HEMLOCK RD | 1 |
| Dec 21, 2022 | Leavenworth County, Kansas | SR-32 LINWOOD RD | 1 |
| Dec 20, 2022 | Cecil County, Maryland | CR-579 | 1 |
| Dec 20, 2022 | Allegany County, Maryland | I-68 | 1 |
| Dec 18, 2022 | Monterey County, California | BITTERWATER RD | 1 |
| Dec 17, 2022 | Benton County, Oregon | SR-20 ODOT 31 | 1 |
| Dec 16, 2022 | Lyon County, Kansas | I-335 | 1 |
| Dec 15, 2022 | Nettie, Nicholas County, West Virginia | SR-20 | 1 |
| Dec 15, 2022 | Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky | SR-22 BROWNSBORO RD | 1 |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky | SR-34 LEBANON RD | 1 |
| Dec 12, 2022 | Walden, Caledonia County, Vermont | SR-15 | 1 |
| Dec 12, 2022 | Crockett County, Tennessee | US-412 SR-20 | 1 |
| Dec 12, 2022 | Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee | US-43 SR-6 NEW LAWRENCEBURG HW | 1 |
| Dec 11, 2022 | Rainelle, Greenbrier County, West Virginia | US-60 | 1 |
| Dec 11, 2022 | Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan | SR-SCHAEFER | 1 |
| Dec 9, 2022 | Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York | SR-107 HICKSVILLE RD | 1 |
| Dec 9, 2022 | Gallup, McKinley County, New Mexico | I-40 | 1 |
| Dec 9, 2022 | Mountain City, Rabun County, Georgia | SR-15 | 1 |
| Dec 8, 2022 | Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina | US-64 | 1 |
| Dec 7, 2022 | San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas | I-10 | 1 |
| Dec 5, 2022 | Columbia County, Florida | I-10 RAMP | 1 |
| Dec 5, 2022 | Orange County, Florida | SR-551 | 1 |
| Dec 4, 2022 | Social Circle, Walton County, Georgia | SOCIAL CIRCLE FAIRPLAY RD | 1 |
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.