STUDY: Tesla Has Highest Fatal Crash Rate Of All Brands

Road & Track reports:

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).

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.

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