Highlights
- The top five most dangerous cars are the Hyundai Venue, Chevrolet Corvette, Mitsubishi Mirage, Porsche 911, and Honda CR-V Hybrid, with fatal accident rates nearly five times higher than the average vehicle
- Two Teslas, the Model Y and Model S, make the most dangerous cars list despite Tesla’s advanced driver-assist technology
- Tesla also has the highest fatal accident rate by brand, followed by Kia, Buick, Dodge, and Hyundai
- Compact and subcompact cars have had the highest rate of fatal accidents by size, at 3.6 fatal accidents for every billion miles
- Full-size models have the lowest fatality rates by size, at 2.0 fatal accidents for every billion miles
Porsche keeping the widowmaker reputation alive let’s go
Yo das sexist!
In my household it was always my wife with the Porsche fetish and the lead foot.
This is all backwards. A car is not dangerous because its occupants die. It is dangerous because it kills the occupants of other vehicles.
Interesting breakdown. Different picture when you see the “by location” list, on which several cars one would consider safe appear unsafe.
Not surprising to see a couple common high powered cars on the list.
I wonder how the list compares to crash test safety data for each vehicle.
Not surprised to see Tesla EVs on the list. Extremely heavy cars, all that weight generates a lot of kinetic energy that has to go somewhere in an accident, and if it isn’t into the Tesla passengers, it’s definitely into the other passengers unfortunate enough to be in a crash caused by a 2-3 ton tank.
Hmm, funny, I saw this post last week. And the data appears to be even older.
Cars don’t kill. Someone is operating them does. You can kill even in a small Smart ForTwo
Unless it’s a Tesla. Then there is a nontrivial statistical likelihood that the occupant was not in fact in control of the vehicle at the time due to the usual confluence of stupidity of its owner plus stupidity of its manufacturer. Especially in freeway conditions.
“Most of these vehicles received excellent safety ratings, performing well in crash tests at the IIHS and NHTSA, so it’s not a vehicle design issue,” said Brauer. “The models on this list likely reflect a combination of driver behavior and driving conditions, leading to increased crashes and fatalities.”
Apparently the people down voting you didn’t read the article, which basically states these numbers mean jack shit.
