Fatal crash profile · Model

Ford Mustang

Compared with Ford · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
1,931
Fatal crashes
1,924
Deaths inside
1,302
Other deaths
867

Between 2020 and 2024, 1,931 vehicles described as Ford Mustang were involved in 1,924 fatal crashes in the United States. 1,302 people died inside these vehicles and 867 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 403
2021 394
2022 408
2023 379
2024 347

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

60%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About 1.3 times the share for Ford: 45%
  • About 1.2 times the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 272 178
2021 289 158
2022 274 180
2023 260 170
2024 207 181

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

35%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About double the share for Ford: 16%
  • About 1.9 times the share for all vehicles: 19%

25%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 1.5 times the share for Ford: 16%
  • About 1.4 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

58%

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

  • About 1.3 times the share for Ford: 46%
  • About 1.2 times the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Ford Mustang Ford All vehicles
Driver speeding 35.1% 15.9% 19.0%
Driver drinking 24.8% 16.3% 17.7%
At night 58.4% 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 1,424
Cloudy 230
Rain 155
Fog, Smog, Smoke 26
Snow 7

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 793
Dark - Not Lighted 573
Dark - Lighted 451
Dusk 50
Dawn 26

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 280
California 231
Florida 190
North Carolina 96
Georgia 90
Alabama 76
Tennessee 75
Arizona 65
South Carolina 61
Illinois 52

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Ford Mustang 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 4, 2021 Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio 1
Dec 4, 2021 Los Angeles County, California 1
Dec 3, 2021 Van Zandt County, Texas 1
Dec 3, 2021 Kern County, California 1
Dec 2, 2021 Ester, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska 2
Dec 1, 2021 Rosemount, Dakota County, Minnesota 1
Nov 29, 2021 Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas 1
Nov 29, 2021 Wellington, Palm Beach County, Florida 1
Nov 28, 2021 Clay County, Kentucky 1
Nov 28, 2021 Hernando County, Florida 1
Nov 27, 2021 Washtenaw County, Michigan 1
Nov 26, 2021 Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee 1
Nov 26, 2021 Elbert County, Colorado 2
Nov 25, 2021 Wilson County, Tennessee 1
Nov 25, 2021 Loxahatchee Groves, Palm Beach County, Florida 1
Nov 24, 2021 Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina 2
Nov 21, 2021 Norton County, Kansas 2
Nov 21, 2021 Calumet City, Cook County, Illinois 1
Nov 21, 2021 Mulberry, Polk County, Florida 2
Nov 17, 2021 Kanawha County, West Virginia 1
Nov 17, 2021 Apopka, Orange County, Florida 1
Nov 16, 2021 Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts 1
Nov 13, 2021 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma 1
Nov 11, 2021 Hockley County, Texas 1
Nov 11, 2021 Itawamba County, Mississippi 1

Compare Ford Mustang 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.