The manufacturer filed it. Here it is, by model.
MINI John Cooper Works: deaths and injuries the manufacturer reported to NHTSA
MINI reported 3 incidents alleging a death or injury in a MINI John Cooper Works, model years 2014–2025, 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 reportsThe 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Air Bags | 2 | 0 |
| Other | 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 MINI John Cooper Works puts each report beside the recalls, investigations, bulletins and owner complaints on the same system, as a PDF and two CSVs: the MINI John Cooper Works, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-05 | 2025 | NY | 0 | 2 | Air Bags | 2026 Q1 |
| 2020-01-14 | 2020 | CA | 0 | 1 | Other | 2020 Q1 |
| 2016-02-09 | 2014 | TX | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2016 Q1 |
Each row above is a claim or notice MINI received alleging a death or injury in a MINI John Cooper Works and reported to NHTSA as 49 CFR 579.21 requires; NHTSA does not verify it, and a John Cooper Works that sold more will have more rows. All MINI models · What these reports are, and are not.