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
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.