The manufacturer filed it. Here it is, by model.
Land Rover Defender: deaths and injuries the manufacturer reported to NHTSA
Land Rover reported 1 incident alleging a death or injury in a Land Rover Defender, model years 2020–2020, in its quarterly Early Warning reports to NHTSA (49 CFR 579.21), through 2026 Q1. Each is a claim the manufacturer received, not a finding; NHTSA does not verify them.
By model year
Source: manufacturer EWR death and injury reports and production reports| Model year | Incidents | Killed | Injured | Built | Per 100,000 built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10,511 | 9.5 |
The model year is the one the manufacturer named in the report. A model year with its own page links to it. “Built” is the manufacturer’s cumulative production for the model year from its latest Early Warning production report; the rate is incidents per 100,000 of them.
By the system the claimant named
Source: as the manufacturer reported it| System named | Incidents | Killed |
|---|---|---|
| No System/Component Specified | 1 | 0 |
An incident naming several systems is counted under each. “Fire” and “Other” are categories in the rule, not systems.
Every one of these, dated and numbered
The defect dossier for the Land Rover Defender puts each report beside the recalls, investigations, bulletins and owner complaints on the same system, as a PDF and two CSVs: the Land Rover Defender, one system, every model year, numbered as exhibits.
The incidents
Source: VIN shown as NHTSA publishes it: the first eleven characters| Incident | Model year | State | Killed | Injured | Systems named | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-03 | 2020 | TX | 0 | 1 | No System/Component Specified | 2022 Q4 |
Each row above is a claim or notice Land Rover received alleging a death or injury in a Land Rover Defender and reported to NHTSA as 49 CFR 579.21 requires; NHTSA does not verify it, and a Defender that sold more will have more rows. All Land Rover models · What these reports are, and are not.