https://www.autoinsurance.org/which-auto-makes-get-in-the-mo...
https://www.autoinsurance.org/which-auto-makes-get-in-the-mo...
It's no surprise that the makes with the most sales and most vehicles registered and almost certainly most miles driven also have the most fatal collisions.
I bet DeLorean has zero fatal collissions for most of the last ten years. Doesn't make it a good or safe car, just means the founder got caught (set up?) on drug charges and the company collapsed and there's not too many on the road.
2020 fatal crashes:
#1 – Ford 21,262
#2 – Chevrolet 20,435
#3 – Toyota 12,918
#4 – Honda 10,969
#5 – Dodge 7,983
#6 – Nissan 7,956
#7 – GMC 4,533
#8 – Jeep 4,138
#9 – Hyundai 3,766
#10 – Kia 2,834
...
#41 – Tesla 62
2019 sales [1]: #1 – General Motors 2,886,904
#2 – Ford Motor Co 2,406,188
#3 – Toyota Motors 2,383,304
#4 – FCA US (Fiat, Chrysler, etc) 2,203,663
#5 – American Honda 1,608,170
#6 – Nissan-Mitsubishi 1,466,727
#7 – Hyundai-Kia 1,325,342
...
#13 - Tesla 192,250
also, the crashes is all model years so it favors less US market time.[1] https://carsalesbase.com/us-car-sales-analysis-2019-brands/
Tesla: 0.0322% (or 1 in about 3100 cars sold)
Ford: 0.8836% (or 1 in about 114 cars sold)
Its late for me, so check my math, but I think it’s right.
My understanding is fatal crashes are biased towards older models as well. Tesla has barely any cars over 10 years old, let alone 20 or 40 or 50.
More fair would be to look up registered vehicles by make and compare to fatal collisions (which I can't find a free source for, unfortunately).