Fatal crash profile · Make

Lincoln

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 1,607
Fatal crashes: 1,601
Deaths inside: 933
Other deaths: 876

Between 2020 and 2024, 1,607 vehicles described as Lincoln were involved in 1,601 fatal crashes in the United States. 933 people died inside these vehicles and 876 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	321
2021	340
2022	360
2023	287
2024	299

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

52%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

About the same as the share for all vehicles: 51%

Deaths in these crashes by year

Category	Inside these vehicles	Other road users
2020	204	154
2021	209	189
2022	193	200
2023	163	168
2024	164	165

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

18%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

About the same as the share for all vehicles: 19%

18%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About the same as the share for all vehicles: 18%

45%

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

About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	Lincoln	All vehicles
Driver speeding	17.7%	19.0%
Driver drinking	17.7%	17.7%
At night	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	1,180
Cloudy	182
Rain	130
Fog, Smog, Smoke	14
Snow	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	841
Dark - Not Lighted	356
Dark - Lighted	319
Dusk	32
Dawn	30

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	182
Florida	157
California	99
Michigan	74
Georgia	74
Illinois	66
North Carolina	59
Missouri	55
Ohio	53
South Carolina	51

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Lincoln models

Town Car 385 crashes
MKZ 282 crashes
Navigator 206 crashes
MKX 203 crashes
MKC 90 crashes
MKS 78 crashes
LS 70 crashes
Continental 63 crashes
Aviator 57 crashes
Nautilus 31 crashes
Mark LT 31 crashes
MKT 29 crashes
Zephyr 24 crashes
Corsair 24 crashes
Navigator L 18 crashes
Mark 10 crashes
Blackwood 2 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 27, 2021	Loudon County, Tennessee	SR-444 TELLICO PKWY	2
Sep 26, 2021	Waller County, Texas	FM 1887	1
Sep 24, 2021	Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas	S MERIDAN AVE	2
Sep 24, 2021	Escambia County, Florida	E JOHNSON AVENUE	1
Sep 18, 2021	King County, Washington	I-90	3
Sep 18, 2021	Richmond, Richmond city, Virginia	US-1	1
Sep 18, 2021	Okfuskee County, Oklahoma	US-62	1
Sep 16, 2021	Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana	SR-426	1
Sep 16, 2021	Chaffee County, Colorado	US-50	1
Sep 14, 2021	San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas	I-410	1
Sep 13, 2021	San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas	SR-16/POTEET JOURDANTON FWY	2
Sep 10, 2021	Polk County, Florida	SR-544	1
Sep 6, 2021	Walker, Kent County, Michigan	SR-45 LAKE MICHIGAN DR	1
Sep 6, 2021	Haines City, Polk County, Florida	12TH ST	1
Sep 5, 2021	Benton County, Iowa	US-218	1
Sep 2, 2021	Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas	US-70-08B	1
Aug 30, 2021	Brunswick County, Virginia	US-58	2
Aug 30, 2021	Lane County, Oregon	CR-LORANE HWY	2
Aug 30, 2021	Indian River County, Florida	US-1	1
Aug 28, 2021	Lawrence County, Illinois	SR-1	2
Aug 26, 2021	Cerritos, Los Angeles County, California	CARMENITA RD	1
Aug 24, 2021	Richland County, South Carolina	SR-48 BLUFF RD	1
Aug 21, 2021	Lexington County, South Carolina	US-321	1
Aug 21, 2021	Zeigler, Franklin County, Illinois	SR-148	1
Aug 20, 2021	Suffolk, Suffolk city, Virginia	US-460	1

Compare Lincoln 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.