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>I don't think anyone would be particularly surprised to learn that Porsche drivers get into a lot of fatal accidents. From the actual study:
by floxy 2y ago
>I don't think anyone would be particularly surprised to learn that Porsche drivers get into a lot of fatal accidents.
From the actual study:
Fatal Accident Rate Compared to
Rank| Model |(per 10^9 Miles) | Overall Average
----+---------------------+--------------------+-----------------
1 | Hyundai Venue | 13.9 | 4.9x
2 | Chevrolet Corvette | 13.6 | 4.8x
3 | Mitsubishi Mirage | 13.6 | 4.8x
4 | Porsche 911 | 13.2 | 4.6x
5 | Honda CR-V Hybrid | 13.2 | 4.6x
6 | Tesla Model Y | 10.6 | 3.7x
- IAmNotACellist 2y agoSo the Tesla Model Y has a lower fatal accident rate than sports cars, but they report it as Tesla overall having the highest fatal accident rate? Perhaps that's because _all_ the cars they make are stupid fast and heavy, and they don't offer cars where it's far harder to get into those situations?
- jiggawatts 2y agoI wonder if it’s because there’s more passengers per model Y on average than a two-door sports car! One fatal model Y accident might cause half a dozen gas fatalities, but a Porsche wrapped around a tree might kill just the lone driver.
- IAmNotACellist 2y agoGood point too. Things that the authors should've thought about.
- tga_d 2y agoBoth the comment and TFA clearly indicate it's measured in terms of fatal accidents, not fatalities.
- sneed-oil 2y agoI would guess that having more than one passenger increases the chance of at least one of them dying in an accident
- piotrkaminski 2y agoWhat in the world is the Honda CR-V Hybrid doing so high on this list?! That doesn't seem to fit any of the theories I've seen spun up so far.
- yardstick 2y agoFamily car, probably lots of accidents due to kids distracting drivers.
- floxy 2y agoLooks like the hybrid version of the CR-V was released in 2020: https://hondanews.com/en-US/honda-automobiles/releases/release-13f25e90cfe47cd58453f1f710057d45-honda-cr-v-timeline-and-milestones https://hondanews.com/en-US/honda-automobiles/releases/relea... ...and the study only covered model years up to 2022. It would be interesting to compare the hybrid to the standard version. If there is a significant difference, I'd be suspicious of data quality.
- tzs 2y agoIf that was the case I'd expect the non-hybrid CR-V to be up there too. I found a discussion of the 2019 report, which was the year before the CR-V hybrid came out, and the CR-V fatality rate was 2.7.
- lostmsu 2y agoHighlander that I see everywhere is not.
- mathgeek 2y agoThe Highlander rates somewhat higher on crash ratings from what I can find (both are top picks). Also a significantly heavier vehicle (by about 10% depending on model years).
- m463 2y agoCould it be more average passengers per accident?