Fatal crash profile · Model

Mercury Sable

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 152
Fatal crashes: 152
Deaths inside: 119
Other deaths: 46

Between 2020 and 2024, 152 vehicles described as Mercury Sable were involved in 152 fatal crashes in the United States. 119 people died inside these vehicles and 46 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	44
2021	30
2022	28
2023	22
2024	28

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

72%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

About the same as the share for Mercury: 68%
About 1.4 times the share for all vehicles: 51%

Deaths in these crashes by year

Category	Inside these vehicles	Other road users
2020	36	13
2021	21	11
2022	22	7
2023	17	7
2024	23	8

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

15%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

About 80 percent of the share for Mercury: 19%
About 80 percent of the share for all vehicles: 19%

20%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About 90 percent of the share for Mercury: 22%
About 1.1 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

48%

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

About the same as the share for Mercury: 47%
About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	Mercury Sable	Mercury	All vehicles
Driver speeding	15.1%	19.3%	19.0%
Driver drinking	19.7%	22.0%	17.7%
At night	48.0%	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	102
Cloudy	19
Rain	16
Fog, Smog, Smoke	3
Snow	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	76
Dark - Not Lighted	38
Dark - Lighted	26
Dusk	7
Dawn	4

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
Florida	11
North Carolina	9
Texas	8
Virginia	7
Illinois	7
Michigan	7
New York	7
Alabama	6
Georgia	6
Ohio	6

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Mercury Sable by model year

2008 22 crashes
2005 17 crashes
2004 15 crashes
2003 23 crashes
2002 14 crashes
2001 12 crashes
2000 17 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
Feb 8, 2022	Sumter County, Florida	BUENA VISTA BLVD	1
Jan 15, 2022	Houston, Harris County, Texas	I-610	1
Jan 7, 2022	Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut	SR-229	1
Dec 25, 2021	Macon, Bibb County, Georgia	CR-008600/AYERS RD	1
Dec 5, 2021	Palm Beach County, Florida	US-1	1
Nov 13, 2021	Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana	38TH ST	1
Nov 3, 2021	Sumter County, Florida	SR-471	1
Oct 21, 2021	Washtenaw County, Michigan	CR-GOODBAND RD	1
Oct 14, 2021	Brigham City, Box Elder County, Utah	SR-13	1
Sep 22, 2021	Albemarle County, Virginia	US-29	1
Sep 18, 2021	Pennington County, South Dakota	I-90 E	1
Sep 17, 2021	Killdeer, Dunn County, North Dakota	SR-22	1
Sep 17, 2021	Genesee County, Michigan	CR-SEYMOUR RD	1
Aug 15, 2021	Doniphan County, Kansas	SR-7	1
Aug 7, 2021	Geauga County, Ohio	SR-700	1
Jul 31, 2021	Hurst, Tarrant County, Texas	SR-10	1
Jul 31, 2021	Palm Beach County, Florida	MILITARY TRL	3
Jun 25, 2021	Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia	SR-73	1
Jun 22, 2021	Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey	CR-656 BAY AVE	1
May 24, 2021	Arapahoe County, Colorado	SR-83 PARKER RD	1
May 22, 2021	Sampson County, North Carolina	US-421	1
May 8, 2021	West Dundee, Kane County, Illinois	SR-31 S 8TH ST	1
Apr 27, 2021	Tewksbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts	I-495	1
Apr 25, 2021	Ferrysburg, Ottawa County, Michigan	US-31	1
Apr 23, 2021	Malheur County, Oregon	US-20 ODOT 7	1

Compare Mercury Sable 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.