Fatal crash profile · Model

Mercury Mariner

Compared with Mercury · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
136
Fatal crashes
136
Deaths inside
84
Other deaths
64

Between 2020 and 2024, 136 vehicles described as Mercury Mariner were involved in 136 fatal crashes in the United States. 84 people died inside these vehicles and 64 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 suvs or with all vehicles.

Overview

Vehicles in fatal crashes

Vehicles in fatal crashes by year
Category Vehicles
2020 28
2021 29
2022 26
2023 19
2024 34

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

57%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About 85 percent of the share for Mercury: 68%
  • About 1.1 times the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 19 10
2021 15 17
2022 17 14
2023 11 8
2024 22 15

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

24%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 1.1 times the share for Mercury: 22%
  • About 1.4 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

52%

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

  • About 1.1 times the share for Mercury: 47%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Mercury Mariner Mercury All vehicles
Driver speeding 18.4% 19.3% 19.0%
Driver drinking 24.3% 22.0% 17.7%
At night 52.2% 47.4% 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 83
Cloudy 20
Rain 19
Fog, Smog, Smoke 2

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 56
Dark - Not Lighted 45
Dark - Lighted 27
Dawn 5
Dusk 2

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
Michigan 12
Texas 11
Georgia 9
Virginia 9
Tennessee 7
California 7
South Carolina 6
Ohio 6
Indiana 6
Florida 6

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Mercury Mariner 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
Mar 15, 2021 Garland County, Arkansas 2
Mar 6, 2021 Thornton, Adams County, Colorado 3
Mar 1, 2021 Missoula, Missoula County, Montana 1
Feb 14, 2021 Tewksbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 1
Jan 28, 2021 Sheridan County, Montana 1
Jan 25, 2021 Morgan County, Missouri 1
Jan 20, 2021 Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee 1
Jan 1, 2021 Dearborn Heights, Wayne County, Michigan 1
Dec 1, 2020 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana 1
Nov 21, 2020 Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa 1
Nov 19, 2020 Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania 1
Nov 2, 2020 Jackson County, Georgia 1
Oct 19, 2020 Livingston County, Michigan 1
Sep 25, 2020 Mosheim, Greene County, Tennessee 1
Sep 19, 2020 Waynesboro, Burke County, Georgia 1
Aug 31, 2020 Mendocino County, California 1
Aug 30, 2020 Union County, Pennsylvania 2
Aug 16, 2020 Marion County, Ohio 1
Jun 27, 2020 Richland County, Wisconsin 1
Jun 21, 2020 Roanoke County, Virginia 1
Jun 21, 2020 Mecklenburg County, Virginia 1
Jun 20, 2020 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan 1
May 30, 2020 Claxton, Evans County, Georgia 1
May 26, 2020 Shawano County, Wisconsin 1
May 23, 2020 Grundy County, Illinois 1

Compare Mercury Mariner 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.