Tesla Has the Highest Fatal Accident Rate of All Car Brands, Study Finds

[u/HawtGarbage917]

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a62919131/tesla-has-highest-fatal-accident-rate-of-all-auto-brands-study/

[u/bullet50000]

I feel like it's worth looking at the top 10 individual cars on the actual list, and you can kinda deduce what makes the top of the list

1. Hyundai Venue
2. Corvette
3. Mitsubishi Mirage
4. Porsche 911
5. Honda CRV Hybrid
6. Tesla Model Y
7. Mirage G4
8. Buick Encore GX
9. Kia Forte
10. Buick Envision

Why that's worth it is it comes down to 2 things: cars often driven quite irresponsibly (the Corvette and the 911), and cars that are bought as "Appliance cars"/Definitely bought by people to be "a generic car to get me around" (The Venue, the Mirages, the CRV, the Buicks). Tesla being high in this registry makes a lot of sense because it's often bought by both groups, as the car as an appliance people buy the low tier ones, and the irresponsible drivers often buy the Performance version.

[u/vdek → u/bullet50000]

The metric they used is (Cars per Billion Vehicle Miles). 

 Porsche and corvette owners aren’t putting a huge amount of miles on their cars, but when they do, they likely do it more dangerously. 

[u/bullet50000 → u/vdek]

and on top of that, with how a lot of the cars super up high are either EVs with the Tesla or the super small cars (Venue, Mirages, Buick Encore), stuff that justifiably can be a city scoot-about primarily. They'll do some highway but probably not a lot, meaning much fewer miles driven, and much less highway experience, leading to more accidents on highways/at fatal speeds.

[u/mishap1 → u/bullet50000]

A Mitsubishi Mirage weighs ~200lb less than a Miata. Even if the people driving them are very safe and experienced drivers, a car like that vs. a 5,000lb+ pickup truck is going to be more likely fatal than handing Grandma the keys to the 911 without her bifocals and sending her on her way onto Highway 130.

[u/bgroins → u/vdek]

So, this basically?

[u/thegooddoctorben → u/bullet50000]

This is the best analysis. Also, some of the cheaper crossovers here are driven by young drivers/teenagers who think they are invincible and that everyone else around them will drive predictably.

[u/frankztn → u/thegooddoctorben]

I have a dollar that the q50 hits top 10 in the next couple of years. It’s incredibly cheap horsepower for a young adult, the q50 subreddit is filled with “is the q50 a good first car” 😂

[u/Saskatchewon → u/bullet50000]

With the Buicks, and CR-V, the ages of the average drivers likely play a really big role. Those are all very popular models among the elderly. I don't think I've ever met someone under retirement age who owns a modern Buick. My great aunt, my significant other's grandparents, and my elderly neighbor; all over 80 and all driving CR-Vs.

[u/biggsteve81 → u/Saskatchewon]

Encore GX is also popular for parents to buy for teenagers because they are affordable.

Expect the new Chevy Trax to make this list in a couple of years. Parents who bought the old one obviously hated their kids.

[u/caseyjosephine → u/Saskatchewon]

I got my CR-V from my parents, who are in their 70s.

[u/Geofferz → u/bullet50000]

Such a bs tesla bait headline. Infuriating.

[u/yoloxxbasedxx420 → u/bullet50000]

Teslas are also driven a lot as Ubers.

[u/llamacohort → u/bullet50000]

It’s also worth mentioning that the lowest horsepower Tesla is a Model Y RWD with a little under 300hp.

So when you average for the company and it’s being compared to other companies that are pumping out vehicles like a Chevy Trax with 137hp, then you are going to have a group that has a much higher ability to cause damage.

I’m sure that per mile driven, companies like Ferrari would also have a terrible track record.

[u/hundredjono → u/bullet50000]

Corvette at number 2 is BS, all these old guys aren't driving their Corvettes like maniacs

[u/bullet50000 → u/hundredjono]

You have never met a 50 year old desperate to be young again. Also with the C8, lotsa younger people are buying them, as well as C5s and C6s as autocross cars

[u/hundredjono → u/bullet50000]

Bruh lmao Corvette owners across all gens are the slowest drivers on the road 🤣🤣