MY 1992-2001 Ford Crown Victoria, Lincoln Town Car, Mercury Grand Marquis Fatal Fire Crashes, 1993-2000 This table includes known deaths in fire crashes obtained from NHTSAs Fatal Analysis Crash System (FARS) for Calendar Years 1993-2000 and from public records for other years. Where FARS indicates fire is the most harmful event, that is indicated. Where FARS indicates vehicle in transport, striking tree or other object, that is indicated. As the US Department of Transportation pointed out in the GM side saddle gas tank case, FARS often misstates the most harmful event as other than fire when fire is the most harmful event and the cause of death. Crash Date Name Location City/County, State Huntsville, AL Clarke Co., AL Baldwin Co., AL Deaths Make/Model/Year FARS #
Alabama 07/04/98* 01/31/99** (Building) 12/11/01F-R Arizona 12/09/98F-A 02/18/00F-L 06/12/02F-A Arkansas 08/08/98* 09/16/00* California 06/27/96* 09/24/96 F 02/02/98* 03/12/99 F 09/18/00** (Overturn)
FARS Case FARS Case Alex Smith, Brian Thibadeaux, Brian Michael Davis
1 Death 2 Deaths 3 Deaths
1996 Crown Victoria 1997 Crown Victoria 1994 Crown Victoria
Trooper Juan Cruz Tucson, AZ Trooper Floyd James Fink, Jr. Temple, AZ Officer Robert Neilson Chandler, AZ FARS Case FARS Case FARS Case FARS Case Valentine Mihranian FARS Case FARS Case Caldwell, AR Little River Co., AR Los Angeles Co., CA Monterey Co., CA Glendale, CA Fullerton, CA Alameda Co. CA
1 Death 1 Death 1 Death 1 Death 2 Deaths 1 Death 1 Death 1 Death 2 Deaths 1 Death
1996 Crown Victoria 1999 Crown Victoria

NONE NONE NONE 61494

1998 Crown Victoria 1993 Town Car 1994 Crown Victoria 1996 Crown Victoria 1993 Crown Victoria 1997 Crown Victoria 1996 Town Car
Crash Date 08/12/01F-A Connecticut 05/04/97* 01/04/00 F 09/15/00* Delaware 02/09/96F-R Florida 03/25/95* 06/01/97* 07/26/97F 09/24/98* 12/26/98* 07/26/99 F 05/30/02F-A Georgia 06/15/95* 06/08/98* 08/03/98** (Tree) 03/02/00** (Tree) Illinois 03/14/96*
Officer Steven Linen Officer Vincent Arduini Soon Duck Wang FARS Case PFC Vincent Julia FARS Case FARS Case Trooper Robert Smith Clydia Torrence Claude Richard Torrence Janice C. Torrence FARS Case Deputy Steven Agner Deputy Jefferson Davis FARS Case FARS Case FARS Case FARS Case FARS Case
Location City/County, State Leucadia, CA Granby, CT Old Lyme, CT Greenwich, CT New Castle Co., DE Santa Rosa Co., FL Franklin Co., FL Miami Shores, FL Jacksonville, FL Lake Worth, FL Madison Co., FL Columbia Co., FL Lowndes Co., GA DeKalb Co., GA Manchester, GA Monroe Co., GA Chicago, IL

Deaths

Make/Model/Year

FARS #

1 Death 2 Deaths 1 Death 1 Injury 2 Deaths 1 Death 1 Death 1 Death 1 Death 3 Deaths 1 Death 1 Death 1 Death 2 Deaths 1 Death 1 Death 1 Death 1 Death
2000 Town Car 1996 Crown Victoria 1995 Town Car 2000 Town Car 1994 Crown Victoria 1992 Town Car 1997 Crown Victoria 1996 Crown Victoria 1994 Crown Victoria 1998 Crown Victoria 1999 Crown Victoria 2001 Crown Victoria 1995 Town Car 1995 Crown Victoria 1992 Crown Victoria 1996 Grand Marquis 1995 Grand Marquis

NONE NONE 170375

Crash Date
06/12/96* 10/26/97** (Bridge Abutment) 05/09/98 F 06/27/99** Indiana 02/04/98** 04/13/98* 10/27/99* Iowa 08/29/94* Kentucky 09/13/95* 08/20/99 F Louisiana 05/19/98 F-R 09/04/98 F 06/05/99* 06/13/00 F Maryland 02/28/94 F Michigan 09/05/98*
Robert Kelsey Gwendolyn Kelsey FARS Case FARS Case FARS Case (Post/Support) FARS Case (Culvert) FARS Case FARS Case FARS Case FARS Case Gerald Stutte Patricia Stutte Trooper Hung Le Deputy Allen Heirtzler FARS Case Deputy Ron Courville Cpl. John Bagileo FARS Case
Location City/County, State Calumet City, IL Chicago, IL Wheeling, IL Du Page Co., IL Parke Co., IN Fulton Co,, IN Westville, IN Monticello, IO Scott Co., KY Shelbyville, KY Ponchatowa, LA East Feliciana Co., LA Assumption Co., LA St. Martins Co., LA Prince Georges Co., MD Lake Co., MI
2 Deaths 1 Death 1 Death 2 Deaths 1 Death 1 Death 1 Death 1 Death 1 Death 2 Deaths 1 Death 1 Death 2 Deaths 1 Death 1 Death 2 Deaths
1995 Town Car 1992 Crown Victoria 1994 Grand Marquis 1992 Town Car 1997 Grand Marquis 1997 Crown Victoria 1992 Grand Marquis 1993 Town Car 1994 Crown Victoria 1996 Town Car 1996 Crown Victoria 1995 Crown Victoria 1997 Crown Victoria 1999 Crown Victoria 1993 Crown Victoria 1995 Crown Victoria

NONE 260740

Location City/County, State Pemiscot Co., MO Greene Co., MO Pemiscot Co., MO Clark Co., NV Mercer Co., NJ New York, NY Ontario Co., NY New York, NY Yorktown Heights, NY Onslow Co., NC Wayne Co., NC Guilford Co., NC Raleigh, NC Wagoner Co., OK Garvin Co., OK Durant, OK Oklahoma City, OK Dauphin Co., PA

Missouri 04/03/96 F 01/22/98* 10/25/98* Nevada 01/08/99* New Jersey 04/21/94* New York 02/14/96* 09/19/96 F 04/21/99 F 11/18/99 F North Carolina 09/23/97* 09/14/98** (Tree) 10/21/99* 03/19/00F Oklahoma 05/29/96* 07/03/98* 12/23/98* 08/31/00* Pennsylvania 08/30/93F
FARS Case FARS Case FARS Case FARS Case FARS Case FARS Case Kathryn Cravotta FARS Case Michael Sakowicz FARS Case FARS Case FARS Case FARS Case FARS Case FARS Case FARS Case Officer Jeff Reminger, Trooper Matt Evans FARS Case
3 Deaths 1 Death 1 Death 1 Death 1 Death 1 Death 1 Death 1 Death 1 Death 2 Deaths 1 Death 1 Death 1 Death 1 Death 2 Deaths 1 Death 4 Deaths 1 Death
1995 Grand Marquis 1997 Crown Victoria 1993 Town Car 1999 Town Car 1992 Crown Victoria 1995 Crown Victoria 1992 Crown Victoria 1997 Crown Victoria 1995 Town Car 1995 Grand Marquis 1994 Crown Victoria 1999 Crown Victoria 1992 Town Car 1993 Grand Marquis 1998 Town Car 1997 Crown Victoria 1999 Crown Victoria 1992 Crown Victoria

400383 420959

09/16/98** (Tree) 02/02/99* South Carolina 10/09/96F Tennessee 07/26/00 F Texas 07/06/93* 09/10/95* 07/22/97* 02/08/98* 08/22/01 Virginia 12/10/99** (Tree) Washington 01/13/00*
FARS Case Jeffery Ray Shober FARS Case
Location City/County, State Bucks Co., PA Montgomery Co., PA Laurens Co., SC

1 Death 1 Death 1 Death

1993 Town Car 1992 Town Car 1995 Crown Victoria

450581

Trooper Lynn Ross FARS Case FARS Case FARS Case FARS Case Edith Reagan Trooper Daniel Lee Williams Sarah Smith, Smith Children
Madison Co., TN Smith Co., TX De Witt Co., TX Dallas, TX Dallas, TX TX Cumberland Co., VA Clallam Co., WA
1 Death 1 Death 1 Death 1 Death 1 Death 1 Death 1 Death 4 Deaths
1998 Crown Victoria 1992 Grand Marquis 1993 Crown Victoria 1994 Town Car 1996 Crown Victoria 1996 Crown Victoria 1998 Crown Victoria 1993 Grand Marquis
480255 NONE 510702 530006
Indicated in FARS as most harmful: "fire/explosion." * Indicated in FARS as most harmful: "motor vehicle in transport" or motor vehicle in transport in other roadway. ** Item in parentheses is most harmful event as indicated in FARS. F-A Fire listed as cause of death in autopsy report or death certificate F-L Fire indicated as cause of death in litigation. F-R Fire indicated as cause of death in accident report.
A fatality occurred in bullet vehicle.