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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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[–] Lev_Astov 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

Last time I looked up publicly available crash statistics in the US and calculated the per-maker numbers, Tesla was like 1/80th the typical per capita crashes of the average auto maker. That was a few years back, but I doubt that's changed without some sketchy statistic interpretations.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago

They looked at fatal crashes only, which is presumably a very small share of all crashes. They also normalised to per mile driven using a sample of data they have - presumably some data on miles driven by car type.

Could be sketchy, could just be a much smaller sub-population.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 hours ago

they used crash statistics for new cars with models from 2018 to 2022, where tesla is the most dangerous brand