Fatal crash profile · Model year

2005 Ford Freestyle

Compared with Ford Freestyle · Ford · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
39
Fatal crashes
39
Deaths inside
20
Other deaths
26

Between 2020 and 2024, 39 vehicles described as 2005 Ford Freestyle were involved in 39 fatal crashes in the United States. 20 people died inside these vehicles and 26 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 7
2021 13
2022 13
2023 4
2024 2

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

43%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About 80 percent of the share for Ford Freestyle: 54%
  • About the same as the share for Ford: 45%
  • About 85 percent of the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 3 4
2021 5 10
2022 7 11
2023 4 0
2024 1 1

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

13%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About three-quarters of the share for Ford Freestyle: 18%
  • About 80 percent of the share for Ford: 16%
  • About two-thirds of the share for all vehicles: 19%

15%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About two-thirds of the share for Ford Freestyle: 22%
  • About the same as the share for Ford: 16%
  • About 85 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%

51%

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

  • About the same as the share for Ford Freestyle: 49%
  • About 1.1 times the share for Ford: 46%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category 2005 Ford Freestyle Ford Freestyle Ford All vehicles
Driver speeding 12.8% 17.8% 15.9% 19.0%
Driver drinking 15.4% 22.2% 16.3% 17.7%
At night 51.3% 48.9% 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 27
Cloudy 9

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 17
Dark - Not Lighted 13
Dusk 4
Dark - Lighted 3
Dark - Unknown Lighting 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
California 5
North Carolina 4
Tennessee 3
Louisiana 3
New York 2
Massachusetts 2
Alabama 2
Michigan 2
Indiana 2
New Jersey 2

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date Location Deaths
Jun 4, 2021 Rutherford County, Tennessee 1
May 10, 2021 Wilson County, North Carolina 1
May 8, 2021 Erie, Monroe County, Michigan 1
Apr 4, 2021 Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee 2
Mar 23, 2021 New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware 1
Mar 2, 2021 Midland County, Texas 1
Jan 22, 2021 Jasper County, Indiana 1
Dec 15, 2020 San Bernardino County, California 1
Dec 4, 2020 Fairfield County, Ohio 1
Nov 6, 2020 Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama 1
Aug 22, 2020 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 1
Aug 2, 2020 Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts 1
Jun 14, 2020 Lyon County, Kansas 1
Jun 11, 2020 Scott County, Kentucky 1

Compare 2005 Ford Freestyle 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.