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
Jul 21, 2020	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas	US-175	1
Jul 2, 2020	York County, Pennsylvania	SR-8010 RAMP D RD	1
Jun 21, 2020	Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin	N SHERMAN BLVD	2
Jun 18, 2020	Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa	SR-64	1
May 26, 2020	Josephine County, Oregon	CR-FISH HATCHERY RD	1
May 24, 2020	Lincoln County, Oregon	US-20 ODOT 33	1
May 7, 2020	Boise, Ada County, Idaho	MCMILLAN RD	2
May 3, 2020	Perry County, Ohio	SR-93 FRANKLIN ST	1
May 3, 2020	Nash County, North Carolina	SSR-1506 AVENT RD	1
Apr 25, 2020	Martin County, Minnesota	I-90	1
Apr 18, 2020	Clinton County, Michigan	CR-WOOD RD	1
Mar 31, 2020	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee	I-40 E ENTRANCE RAMP	1
Mar 22, 2020	Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana	I-49 SERVICE ROAD	1
Mar 12, 2020	Miami Gardens, Miami-Dade County, Florida	SR-860	1
Mar 7, 2020	Bluff City, Sullivan County, Tennessee	CR-BUFFALO RD	1
Mar 2, 2020	DeKalb County, Georgia	CR-616/HILLANDALE DR	1
Mar 1, 2020	Anderson County, South Carolina	US-29	1
Feb 29, 2020	Fife, Pierce County, Washington	I-5	1
Feb 21, 2020	Hempstead, Nassau County, New York	PENINSULA BLVD	1
Feb 14, 2020	Brevard County, Florida	US-1	1
Feb 10, 2020	Pasco County, Florida	CR-1 LITTLE RD	1
Feb 6, 2020	Avery County, North Carolina	SR-105	1
Jan 30, 2020	Charlotte County, Florida	SR-776	1
Jan 28, 2020	Muscatine County, Iowa	SR-38	1
Jan 17, 2020	Panola County, Mississippi	CR-Rooks Road	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.