Data from Clean shows which car models with a driver behind the wheel are most likely to have an accident. It also shows the percentage of drivers of the aforementioned vehicles who have suffered accidents due to faults recorded in the past seven years, based on Cleananalysis of more than 4 million Car’s insurrance applications. For reference, the national average is 10.78%, and each of these drivers represents a statistically significant increase over that.
Now, it can be easily deduced that these cars are dangerous, but that doesn’t have to be the case. Remember, the driver causes the accident, not the car. These are just cars where accident-prone drivers can drive. You’ll find that many affordable, entry-level vehicles often have good crash ratings.
Also remember that vehicle accidents have increased since the beginning of the pandemic, so whatever you drive, drive safely.
This affordable electric vehicle platform makes the list with 14.45% of drivers having a recent fault reported accident.
Again mixture, this is provided by Prius Lexus 14.57% higher than the national average.
Yet another combination, the older but discontinued member of Prius families found 14.72% of their drivers had a recent accident.
NS Mazda CX-3, which is discontinued for the 2022 model year, shows a 14.9% rate of accident-prone drivers.
Second and last luxury car on this list there are more drivers involved in accidents than average, at 14.93%.
The first of the two Subarus on this list 15.1% of drivers have been in a recent accident recorded.
NS Genesis Coupe only available in the market in a short time before it was discontinued and Genesis split off into its own luxury brand. That said, it’s way too high compared to the national average for crashes, at 15.29%.
Despite the standard four-wheel drive, the boy-racer WRX 15.44% of motorists have been involved in an accident in the past seven years.
We love Kia Stingerand got lucky with our long term that made Automatic log garage for a year. That said, 15.75% of its drivers represented had a recent crash recorded.
This fun two-seater appeals to the most accident-prone drivers, with 15.87% with recent crashes.
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