Tesla drivers had highest accident rate, BMW drivers highest DUI rate, study finds::Tesla drivers had 24 accidents per 1,000 drivers during the period from mid-November 2022 to mid-November 2023, according to a study by Lending Tree.
Best part about this study is that Telsa beat out Ram trucks, giant lifted monstrosities that are loved by people rocking punisher stickers.
Telling the press that autopilot and FSD is critical for safety, then getting a worst safety rating than Ram, is hilarious.
Honestly thought that Dodge Ram drivers would carry Dodge to the highest DUI and accident rate combined. You have to really screw up to beat that.
Hold my bee- actually fuck it I’m gonna need all that I can get
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I’m not intending to defend Musk or Tesla here, but this study is literally just insurance incidents by brand and makes no distinction between Teslas on autopilot and under human control.
Teslas tend to attract a certain kind of driver that likes their performance characteristics who are not typically known for being the safest drivers.
There’s no doubt that a lot of Tesla drivers abuse the autopilot capabilities, and the Elon Musk hype machine is at least partially to blame for that, probably more.
But this isn’t evidence one way or the other about the safety of Tesla’s FSD.
It’s 24 out of 1000 for Tesla, close second 23 out of 1000 for Rams, and third 21 for Subaru.
By contrast, drivers of Pontiac, Mercury and Saturn vehicles were all involved in fewer than 10 accidents per 1,000 drivers during the period of the study.
I was wondering what the average was, but more than double the incidents than the lower end isn’t insignificant.
I was about the severity of these incidents. I imagine Ram incidents being much more deadly. Also, I thought Tesla would have technology to avoid accidents so I’m surprised it’s so high up there.
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So people trying to insure a new Tesla were involved in accidents higher than Ram? Doesn’t say what car they were driving when they had accidents, only that they are looking for insurance on a Tesla. Anyone who claims this is because of Tesla vehicles has an agenda to push.
I read this and I missed the part where it only was for new vehicles. Based on what I read, this was for any requested quotes, which would include people shopping for better rates on vehicles they already have been driving.
Yea good point. The “study” is poorly done and the opinion fluff pieces coming out on top of it are just terrible.
Tesla numbers need to be taken with a grain of salt. There are so few drivers it is easy too easy for a few outliers to mess this up.
The data set > 20 million quotes. It’s not like they only looked at 1000 drivers or something.
With your own evidence, it’s also a big deal to note this is just for people requesting quotes. Not anyone actually driving a Tesla.
