A new study of auto accidents and incidents which used insurance data to determine which car brands have the worst drivers has discovered that Tesla drivers have the highest accident rates.
The study used QuoteWizard by LendingTree insurance quote data to determine the car with the most accidents.
It revealed Tesla drivers had the highest accident rate with 23.54 accidents per 1,000 drivers from Nov. 14, 2022, to Nov. 14, 2023.
The report also revealed that other auto brands whose drivers had more than 20 accidents per 1,000 drivers were Ram and Subaru with 22.76 to 20.9 respectively.
In comparison, during the study period, there were less than 10 accidents per 1,000 drivers involving drivers of Pontiac, Mercury, and Saturn vehicles.
The studies discovered that BMW drivers were the most prone to drive while intoxicated. They were involved in roughly twice as many DUIs per 1,000 drivers annually as Ram drivers, who were the second worst drivers in this category.
Autopilot is a high-tech driver assistance system that comes standard on Tesla electric vehicles.
The goal of Tesla’s ADAS technology is to assist drivers with braking, acceleration, and steering. In 2021,
Tesla CEO Elon Musk asserted that a driver of a Tesla using Autopilot had a roughly tenfold lower crash rate than a driver of a typical automobile.
