Fatal crash profile · Model

Ford Five Hundred

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 124
Fatal crashes: 124
Deaths inside: 100
Other deaths: 40

Between 2020 and 2024, 124 vehicles described as Ford Five Hundred were involved in 124 fatal crashes in the United States. 100 people died inside these vehicles and 40 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 cars or with all vehicles.

Overview

Vehicles in fatal crashes

Vehicles in fatal crashes by year

Category	Vehicles
2020	32
2021	32
2022	25
2023	17
2024	18

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

71%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

About 1.6 times the share for Ford: 45%
About 1.4 times the share for all vehicles: 51%

Deaths in these crashes by year

Category	Inside these vehicles	Other road users
2020	27	10
2021	20	15
2022	25	4
2023	14	7
2024	14	4

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

27%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

About 1.7 times the share for Ford: 16%
About 1.4 times the share for all vehicles: 19%

23%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About 1.4 times the share for Ford: 16%
About 1.3 times 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 Five Hundred	Ford	All vehicles
Driver speeding	27.4%	15.9%	19.0%
Driver drinking	22.6%	16.3%	17.7%
At night	43.5%	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	96
Cloudy	12
Rain	12
Snow	2
Severe Crosswinds	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	70
Dark - Not Lighted	31
Dark - Lighted	20
Dawn	1
Dusk	1

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	11
Texas	11
Michigan	8
North Carolina	8
Missouri	7
Georgia	7
Ohio	7
Tennessee	6
California	6
Pennsylvania	5

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Ford Five Hundred by model year

2007 36 crashes
2006 38 crashes
2005 49 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
Sep 14, 2023	Okmulgee County, Oklahoma	SR-16	1
Aug 29, 2023	Creek County, Oklahoma	I-44	2
Jun 30, 2023	Trinity County, California	SR-3	2
Jun 5, 2023	Delaware County, Indiana	SR-32	1
May 8, 2023	Forsyth County, North Carolina	SR-74	3
Apr 30, 2023	Hernando County, Florida	MU-TARPON BLVD	1
Apr 10, 2023	North Myrtle Beach, Horry County, South Carolina	SR-9 RAMP	1
Mar 7, 2023	Fort Lupton, Weld County, Colorado	SR-52	1
Jan 28, 2023	Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana	US-61	1
Jan 10, 2023	Overton County, Tennessee	SR-111 COOKEVILLE HWY	1
Dec 2, 2022	Loveland, Larimer County, Colorado	US-287 S LINCOLN AVE	1
Nov 23, 2022	Cherokee County, Georgia	SR-108	2
Nov 1, 2022	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio	I-71	1
Oct 22, 2022	Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida	TAMPA PALMS BLVD E	1
Sep 28, 2022	Bucks County, Pennsylvania	SR-4055 KUMRY RD	1
Sep 22, 2022	Cass County, Missouri	SR-D	1
Sep 4, 2022	Sandusky County, Ohio	US-6	1
Aug 31, 2022	Robeson County, North Carolina	BARKER TEN MILE RD	1
Aug 27, 2022	Washington, Franklin County, Missouri	SR-A	1
Jul 7, 2022	Grant County, Wisconsin	MC ADAM RD	1
Jul 5, 2022	Charles Mix County, South Dakota	SR-46	2
Jun 25, 2022	Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan	WASHINGTON RD	1
Jun 8, 2022	Jasper County, Missouri	SR-66	1
May 23, 2022	Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia	CS-LANE ST	1
May 17, 2022	Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina	I-485	2

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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.