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This seems to be getting promoted and changed to slant opinion. The study is on “incident” rate, which includes accidents, DUIs, citations, and speeding, but is definitely not just accidents. It also says Tesla has the second worst drivers, by incident rate,behind Dodge.
I couldn’t find any specific data they used about why speeding and citations are separate and am wondering if it is because Teslas have more communication about statistics than other manufacturers that don’t have digital data and OTA capability.
When I tried to find the actual study lending tree did, I couldn’t find it, but found several other insurance company studies that didn’t list Tesla in their Top 5 most accidents. If anyone actually sees this study or any others that confirm it, let me know.
"Source: LendingTree analysis of QuoteWizard by LendingTree insurance quote data from Nov. 14, 2022, through Nov. 14, 2023."
QuoteWizard is LendingTree's product to compare insurance rates between different companies. Basically, their way to insert themselves in the process to gather people's info.
Accident rate quote: "Tesla drivers have the highest accident rate. From Nov. 14, 2022, through Nov. 14, 2023, Tesla drivers had 23.54 accidents per 1,000 drivers. Ram (22.76) and Subaru (20.90) were the only other brands with more than 20.00 accidents per 1,000 drivers. Meanwhile, Pontiac (8.41), Mercury (8.96) and Saturn (9.13) were the only brands with fewer than 10.00 accidents per 1,000 drivers."
Subaru is likely high due to the Impreza WRX and the WRX STI models which are rockets.
Interesting to see the lowest accident rates are seen in three marquees that no longer exist; Pontiac, Mercury, and Saturn.
Possibly also because the non-WRX Subarus stay on the road with elderly drivers longer too. They are the retired seniors’ car of choice in New England.
This must be since the ones that have survived are still around because of careful owners.