A Tesla accident under Autopilot every 12 million kilometers
- Published on 27/05/2024 10:14
- Modified on 25/09/2025 7:27
Tesla has released the latest report on the safety of its autonomous vehicles, celebrating an impressive new record.
Tesla has established a habit of publishing a safety report on its vehicles every quarter since 2018. This report details the ratio of the number of miles driven per accident, both with the Autopilot technology activated and without. Over the years, the data has consistently shown that the number of miles driven before an accident occurs is significantly higher with Autopilot technology compared to the American average.
When Tesla began voluntarily communicating this data in the third quarter of 2018, with a fleet of course much smaller than today, Autopilot was already six times safer than a human driver. These figures should be taken with immense caution since by definition, Autopilot aims to make as few mistakes as possible, which is not always the case with humans… In the last communication of these figures, in the fourth quarter of 2022, an accident had been recorded every 7.8 million miles with Autopilot mode activated.
Is the human dangerous?
Tesla stopped communicating the data after this date to provide a structured response to the many detractors who cried foul over the figures. The automaker has now updated the dedicated page to include all collected data, including that from the first quarter of 2024, and unsurprisingly, the results are improving.
According to Tesla, an accident was recorded every 12.2 million miles when Autopilot technology was used between January and March 2024. This is 10 times safer than the American average, with one accident every million miles, according to government data. It is also 30% better than the figures from the same quarter last year. And with Autopilot turned off? It remains exceptional with one accident every 1.5 million miles, but you can understand that it is nearly 10 times less safe, especially compared to the national average.
In the end, this study proves that driver assistance systems reduce the risk of accidents, and one would be tempted to say that’s a good thing! As for asserting that autonomous driving is safer than human driving… You can view the complete figures communicated by Tesla to form your own opinion here: https://www.tesla.com/fr_fr/VehicleSafetyReport
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This page is translated from the original post "Un accident de Tesla sous Autopilot tous les 12 millions de km" in French.
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