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
Apr 22, 2021	Lawrence County, South Dakota	I-90 E	1
Apr 19, 2021	Marrero, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana	AMES BLVD	1
Mar 31, 2021	Clinton County, Illinois	CR-1	1
Mar 7, 2021	Cedar County, Missouri	SR-32	1
Mar 5, 2021	Bedford County, Virginia	SR-24/GLENWOOD DR	1
Feb 25, 2021	Yakima County, Washington	US-97	1
Feb 10, 2021	Marion County, Kentucky	US-68	1
Jan 7, 2021	Clark County, Nevada	S EASTERN AVE	1
Dec 31, 2020	Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan	US-12 MICHIGAN AVE	3
Dec 30, 2020	Amelia County, Virginia	CR-604	1
Dec 22, 2020	Lee County, Alabama	SR-14	1
Dec 15, 2020	St. Louis County, Missouri	I-270 RAMP 6498	1
Dec 1, 2020	Muskegon County, Michigan	CR-N BEAR LAKE RD	1
Nov 23, 2020	Pittsylvania County, Virginia	SR-40/E GRETNA RD	1
Oct 28, 2020	North Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada	N PECOS RD	1
Oct 12, 2020	Indiana County, Pennsylvania	SR-286	1
Oct 2, 2020	Opelika, Lee County, Alabama	AIRPORT RD	1
Oct 1, 2020	Charles County, Maryland	CR-158	1
Sep 8, 2020	Granite City, Madison County, Illinois	SR-3	1
Sep 6, 2020	Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina	E ARROWOOD RD	1
Sep 2, 2020	Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota	SR-297	1
Aug 28, 2020	Boone County, Illinois	I-90	1
Aug 11, 2020	Union, Franklin County, Missouri	SR-47	1
Jul 27, 2020	Henderson County, North Carolina	SR-191 HAYWOOD RD	2
Jul 25, 2020	Harnett County, North Carolina	SSR-2016 ROSS RD	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.