Tesla achieves record safety with Autopilot — more than 50% improvement
https://electrek.co/2020/05/02/tesla-record-safety-autopilot-improvement/
In October 2018, we reported on Tesla’s first safety report, which was for the third quarter 2018.
At the time, Tesla said that it registered “one accident per 3.34 million miles driven in which drivers had Autopilot engaged.”
For miles driven without Autopilot, Tesla said that registered “one accident or crash-like event for every 1.92 million miles driven.”
Over 2019, Tesla’s results were up and down, but the new data for the first quarter 2020 shows a significant improvement:
In the first quarter, we registered one accident for every 4.68 million miles driven in which drivers had Autopilot engaged. For those driving without Autopilot but with our active safety features, we registered one accident for every 1.99 million miles driven. For those driving without Autopilot and without our active safety features, we registered one accident for every 1.42 million miles driven. By comparison, NHTSA’s most recent data shows that in the United States there is an automobile crash every 479,000 miles.
That’s a 50% improvement over the previous quarter and the most significant improvement yet.