Tesla's vehicles have the highest fatal accident rate among all car brands in America, according to a recent iSeeCars study that analyzed data from the U.S. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).
The study was conducted on model year 2018–2022 vehicles, and focused on crashes between 2017 and 2022 that resulted in occupant fatalities. Tesla vehicles have a fatal crash rate of 5.6 per billion miles driven
The average fatal crash rate for all cars in the United States is 2.8 per billion vehicle miles driven.
The study also breaks down some of the data for individual models. The Tesla Model S has a rate more than double than average, at 5.8 per billion vehicle miles driven; meanwhile, the Tesla Model Y — the best-selling vehicle in the world has a fatal crash rate of 10.6, nearly four times the average.
So, why are Teslas — and many other ostensibly safe cars on the list — involved in so many fatal crashes? "The models on this list likely reflect a combination of driver behavior and driving conditions, leading to increased crashes and fatalities," iSeeCars executive analyst Karl Brauer said in the report. "A focused, alert driver, traveling at a legal or prudent speed, without being under the influence of drugs or alcohol, is the most likely to arrive safely regardless of the vehicle they're driving."
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Tesla drivers are the new BMW drivers. It is your duty as an American to cut them off on the freeway to activate their emergency handbrake and make the driver really really mad
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The tesla truck is incredibly r-slurred. I appreciate elon musk for making new ways for buttholes to identify themselves
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You can push into their lane, I know the computer will let me in
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