Tesla has launched a brand new security report claiming a slight enchancment in miles between Autopilot crashes.
For years, Tesla used to launch a “Automobile security report” that tracked miles between accidents in its autos based mostly on the extent of Autopilot used or not used and in contrast it to the business common.
The automaker used the report to assert that its Autopilot know-how resulted in a a lot safer driving expertise and that its autos would crash a lot much less usually than the typical automobile within the US even with out Autopilot.
The information was at all times restricted and criticized for not bearing in mind that accidents are extra frequent on metropolis roads and undivided roads than on the highways, the place Autopilot is mostly used.
However it was the one information that Tesla was prepared to launch about its Autopilot and due to this fact, it was nonetheless helpful to trace progress.
Nonetheless, Tesla stopped reporting the info after This fall 2022 with out explaining why and solely began to launch it once more earlier this yr.
In the present day, the automaker launched its security report for Q2 2024:
Within the 2nd quarter, we recorded one crash for each 6.88 million miles pushed by which drivers have been utilizing Autopilot know-how. For drivers who weren’t utilizing Autopilot know-how, we recorded one crash for each 1.45 million miles pushed. By comparability, the latest information accessible from NHTSA and FHWA (from 2022) exhibits that in the US there was an car crash roughly each 670,000 miles.
This can be a lower in miles between crashes quarter-over-quarter, however it’s higher to have a look at it year-over-year as a result of reality accidents are extra frequent relying on the season.
Yr-over-year, Tesla is displaying a slight enchancment:
This information doesn’t embody Full Self-Driving (FSD), though that has gotten murky these days since Tesla now makes use of the identical software program stacks with restricted functionalities for Autopilot.
Because of the limitation of the info, it is just actually value evaluating it towards itself over time to see enhancements.
With regards to FSD, Tesla has at all times refused to launch miles between disengagement information. As an alternative, we’ve to depend on crowdsourced information.
