Fatal crash profile · Model

Ford Windstar

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 88
Fatal crashes: 88
Deaths inside: 66
Other deaths: 31

Between 2020 and 2024, 88 vehicles described as Ford Windstar were involved in 88 fatal crashes in the United States. 66 people died inside these vehicles and 31 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 vans or with all vehicles.

Overview

Vehicles in fatal crashes

Vehicles in fatal crashes by year

Category	Vehicles
2020	17
2021	25
2022	18
2023	17
2024	11

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

68%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

About 1.5 times the share for Ford: 45%
About 1.3 times the share for all vehicles: 51%

Deaths in these crashes by year

Category	Inside these vehicles	Other road users
2020	10	7
2021	21	7
2022	14	5
2023	13	6
2024	8	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%

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%

40%

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

About 85 percent of the share for Ford: 46%
About 80 percent of the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	Ford Windstar	Ford	All vehicles
Driver speeding	21.6%	15.9%	19.0%
Driver drinking	22.7%	16.3%	17.7%
At night	39.8%	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	58
Cloudy	11
Rain	11
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	50
Dark - Not Lighted	22
Dark - Lighted	10
Dawn	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	13
Georgia	7
North Carolina	7
Florida	7
Alabama	5
Pennsylvania	5
Virginia	4
Tennessee	4
Michigan	3
Colorado	3

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Ford Windstar by model year

2003 27 crashes
2001 17 crashes
2000 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
Apr 2, 2023	Franklin County, Missouri	SR-100	1
Mar 5, 2023	Talladega County, Alabama	SR-21	1
Feb 28, 2023	Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California	OLYMPIC BLVD	1
Dec 29, 2022	Santa Clara County, California	SR-152	1
Dec 25, 2022	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois	I-94	1
Nov 4, 2022	Columbiana County, Ohio	SR-11 RIVER LAKE HWY	1
Nov 2, 2022	Prince George County, Virginia	SR-35/COURTHOUE RD	1
Oct 23, 2022	McCulloch County, Texas	US-190	1
Sep 12, 2022	Rock Spring, Walker County, Georgia	SR-1 MARTHA BERRY HWY	1
Sep 3, 2022	Riverside County, California	I-10	1
Aug 23, 2022	Lithia Springs, Douglas County, Georgia	MT VERNON RD	1
Aug 6, 2022	Belmont, Gaston County, North Carolina	SR-273	1
Jul 23, 2022	Rutherford County, Tennessee	SR-99 BRADYVILLE PK	1
Jul 23, 2022	Mount Dora, Lake County, Florida	US-441	1
Jul 2, 2022	Sweetwater, Monroe County, Tennessee	I-75	1
Jun 18, 2022	Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia	SR-139	1
Apr 22, 2022	Camden, Camden County, New Jersey	US-30	1
Apr 19, 2022	Pierce County, Washington	SR-706	1
Mar 24, 2022	Watertown, Columbia County, Florida	US-90	1
Feb 21, 2022	DeKalb County, Alabama	I-59	2
Feb 7, 2022	New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut	CHAPEL ST	1
Dec 15, 2021	Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina	PINE VALLEY RD	1
Dec 10, 2021	Lexington County, South Carolina	SR-34 POND BRANCH RD	1
Nov 29, 2021	Wasco County, Oregon	US-197 ODOT 4	1
Nov 17, 2021	Faribault County, Minnesota	310TH AVE	1

Compare Ford Windstar 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.