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Tesla Has Highest Rate of Deadly Accidents Among Car Brands, Study Finds (www.rollingstone.com)

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Automotive research firm finds that Tesla has higher frequency of deadly accidents than any other car brand

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I expect (hope) it's a small factor, but I wonder where pedestrian fatalities fit in. Several of the worst models seem to be large SUVs or sports cars - alongside these Teslas and some rather cheaper compact cars.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pedestrians were not part of this study.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

oh yeah, "... at least one occupant fatality".

The source dataset seems to have pedestrian/non-occupant fatalities, pretty shitty of tthem to go out of their way to exclude them.

[–] inv3r510n 2 points 1 month ago

Large SUVs must be worse for pedestrians because they’re essentially tanks that you can’t see out in front of for a good 20’ or so. A small child running to get their ball in the road will be completely invisible to a large SUV whereas a Tesla driver would be able to see the child a lot sooner and hopefully avoid them.