The manufacturer filed it. Here it is, by model.
Lincoln: deaths and injuries reported to NHTSA, by model
575 incidents on file across 10 Lincoln models in Lincoln’s quarterly Early Warning reports (49 CFR 579.21), through 2026 Q1: 28 killed, 660 injured, as claimed. Each is an allegation the manufacturer received, not a finding.
By model
Source: manufacturer EWR death and injury reports| Model | Incidents | Killed | Injured | Model years | Most-named system |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MKZ | 130 | 7 | 140 | 2007–2020 | Air Bags |
| MKX | 126 | 8 | 144 | 2007–2018 | Other |
| Navigator | 124 | 7 | 167 | 2001–2023 | Air Bags |
| MKC | 43 | 1 | 45 | 2015–2019 | Structure |
| MKS | 41 | 3 | 42 | 2009–2016 | Steering System |
| Aviator | 32 | 0 | 37 | 2020–2025 | Other |
| Nautilus | 24 | 0 | 25 | 2019–2024 | Visibility |
| Corsair | 20 | 0 | 24 | 2020–2025 | Structure |
| MKT | 20 | 1 | 20 | 2010–2019 | Other |
| Continental | 15 | 1 | 16 | 2017–2020 | Other |
What these reports are, and are not
Source: 49 CFR 579.21The manufacturer’s own quarterly report
Under NHTSA’s Early Warning Reporting rule, Lincoln must report every claim or notice it received alleging a death or injury in one of its vehicles: the model and model year, the incident date, the state, how many were killed or injured, and the systems the claimant named. The manufacturer files it; NHTSA publishes it.
An allegation, as received
A row is a lawsuit, a claim letter or a consumer notice that named a death or injury. It is not a finding that the vehicle caused anything, and NHTSA does not verify it. The systems named are the claimant’s, not an engineer’s.
Counts scale with sales
A model that sold two million will have more reports than one that sold fifty thousand. These pages count; they do not rank. Set a figure against the model’s production and its peers before reading anything into it.
Where the complete list is
Every report on a model and system, dated and numbered beside the recalls, investigations, bulletins and owner complaints, is exhibit F of the defect dossier. The same records are free to read here; the dossier is the file you can cite.
Questions about these reports
Source: NHTSA Early Warning ReportingWhere does NHTSA publish Early Warning Reporting data?
On the Early Warning Reporting page under Vehicle Manufacturers at nhtsa.gov, through a search box that asks for the manufacturer, the report type and the quarter. WhichTrim reads the same tables every night and lays them out by model.
Does a report here mean the Lincoln has a defect?
No. It means the manufacturer received a claim or notice alleging a death or injury and named this model in its quarterly report, as the rule requires. NHTSA reads these reports for patterns; a recall or an investigation is where a finding would appear.
Why is the incident date sometimes blank?
The manufacturer did not report one. The quarter the report was filed in is always shown.
Can I get every incident as a spreadsheet?
The defect dossier for a model and system includes them in its exhibits CSV, each with its date, state, the counts and the systems named.