Tesla has released an updated Vehicle Safety Report, this time for the 2nd financial quarter of 2024. Every quarter, Tesla provides an update to their Vehicle Safety Report, which provides quite a bit of information into how safe Tesla vehicles actually are.
So far, 1.6 billion cumulative miles have been driven with FSD Supervised according to Omead Afshar, who works at the Office of the CEO at Tesla.
So let’s take a look at what’s changed since the 2024 Q1 Vehicle Safety Report.
Q2 Improvements
This quarter, Tesla recorded a slight decrease in miles driven before an autopilot accident over last quarter – quite a surprising start to the report. Last quarter, Tesla achieved a record-breaking 7.6 million miles driven on Autopilot or FSD before an accident. This quarter, the number is down slightly to approximately 6.88 million miles.
Looking at the trends in the data, this is expected. The second quarter of a year tends to have more incidents, as drivers are increasingly on the road in summer months and taking longer trips – both Tesla drivers and non-Tesla drivers alike.
While Tesla doesn’t release detailed statistics on incidents, including those with Autopilot or FSD, we can likely attribute the majority of these incidents to drivers not properly supervising their vehicles, at least in most cases.
The most recent, widely published case occurred in Australia, where a driver using Autopilot hit a cyclist. The incident details have yet to be published, but there is speculation that the driver was holding the drive pedal down – which will stop Autopilot from slowing or stopping for obstacles.
On the flipside, the number of miles driven without Autopilot before an accident has increased since last quarter, which is a positive note. In Q1, Tesla achieved about 0.9 million miles driven, but in Q2, they’re at 1.45 million miles driven before an accident. That’s more than a 50% improvement.
Safety Features
The biggest part played this quarter is definitely by Tesla’s Active Safety Features. While they don’t sound like much in comparison to the magic of FSD, these safety features likely save more people from accidents than anything else.
Between Lane Departure Avoidance and Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB), all working in tandem with Collision Avoidance Assist, Tesla vehicles are some of the safest vehicles on the road today. Teslas are packed with cameras – which means they always know what’s going on around them. Combine this with the immensely powerful engine that can run FSD, and you’ve got a recipe for a vehicle that is more than capable of keeping its occupants and other road users safe.
We’re glad to see Tesla continues to release these statistics, and that overall, they’re showing an improvement.
