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r/electricvehicles on Reddit: Are Teslas really the "safest cars on the road"?
February 2, 2023 -
This is something I hear from people occasionally, but is it true, or are they just the safest cars for their size and weight? If a Ford F350 and a Tesla Model 3 crashed head-on, would the Tesla occupants sustain less injuries? After all, the Ford F350 has a significant amount of size and weight on its side. One might say it's not fair to compare vehicles of different weight classes, but I would say it's important to consider the reality of crash scenarios on the road. Ultimately, the safety of a vehicle depends on several factors, such as its design, construction, and equipped safety features. While Teslas have received high safety ratings and have some advanced safety features, I don't believe it's accurate to say they are the safest cars on the road without considering the context of the crash scenario and the comparison to other vehicles in different weight classes.
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I don't believe it's accurate to say they are the safest cars on the road without considering the context of the crash scenario and the comparison to other vehicles in different weight classes. I think it's only you who is not considering the context. Everybody who considers the context says that Teslas are one of the safest vehicles in their class. Only an idiot would say if a semi truck hits a family car no one in the family car will live so you should not say the family car is a safe car.
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According to the IIHS and Euro NCAP, they're among the safest cars. But no reputable testing agency ranks cars from #1 down. Like you said, there are too many factors in a real world crash to declare any single model "the safest." Tesla's marketing on this is similarly phrased. From their Vehicle Safety Report, they say: Tesla vehicles are engineered to be the safest cars in the world. And Model S, Model 3, Model X and Model Y have achieved among the lowest overall probability of injury of any vehicles ever tested by the U.S. government’s New Car Assessment Program. https://www.tesla.com/VehicleSafetyReport
Tesla
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IIHS
iihs.org › ratings › vehicle › tesla › model-3-4-door-sedan › 2023
2023 Tesla Model 3 4-door sedan
In the 37 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision. A warning was issued 2.9 seconds before impact.
Tesla
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Model 3 earns 5-Star Safety Rating from Euro NCAP | Tesla
At Tesla, we’re deeply committed to safety, which is why we engineered Model 3 to be the safest car ever built.
Reddit
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r/electricvehicles on Reddit: Tesla Model 3 is now the safest new car on the market thanks to its overall Euro NCAP score of 359 out of 400
July 9, 2025 -
https://www.whatcar.com/news/the-safest-cars-on-sale-today/n19724
The Model 3 was originally tested by Euro NCAP in 2019, scoring 350.
Note: Kia EV3 did not achieve 5 star rating.
EVANNEX
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Tesla's electric vehicles not only achieved a 5-star rating in every category of NHTSA's crash tests but Model 3, Model S and Model X are the top three cars with the lowest probability of injury to occupants that NHTSA has ever tested.
Optiwatt
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How Safe is Your Tesla? | Optiwatt
Safety is one of the most important features that car owners look for. The Model 3 ranks as the safest car by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
TESLARATI
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Tesla Model 3 ranks as the safest new car in Europe for 2025, per Euro NCAP tests
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IIHS
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2024 Tesla Model 3 4-door sedan
IIHS ratings for the 2024 Tesla Model 3 4-door sedan - midsize luxury car
Substack
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The Motley Fool
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Drive
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Tesla Model 3 earns new five-star safety rating after hiatus for latest model
May 22, 2025 - A 5-star safety rating has finally reached the latest Tesla Model 3 after the previous model's score was withheld.
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Here's why the Tesla Model 3 wasn't an IIHS Top Safety Pick+, and why it could be soon
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EVANNEX
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Model 3 is the safest car ever tested by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which judged Tesla’s newest car to have the lowest probability of injury in a collision of any of the over 900 cars it has tested.
USA Today
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Tesla wins IIHS Top Safety Pick+ honors: Model 3 is 'very safe car'
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Quora
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Is the Tesla Model 3's perfect safety rating misleading in any way? - Quora
Answer (1 of 4): With any car, it’s important to understand that the safety rating is relative to other cars in its class. It doesn’t necessarily mean that it will be safer than a car with the same overall rating in a different class, or that a vehicle with a lower rating but in a different class...
NHTSA
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Reddit
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r/teslamotors on Reddit: How the Tesla Model 3 became the World's Safest Car!
December 25, 2018 - Heaven forbid someone puts out a video soundly rebutting the narrative that Teslas are "death boxes" with detailed explanations and illustrations of the engineering on top of real-world examples, statistics, and also government testing. You can quibble over the semantics of calling the Model 3 the "safest car in the world", which is the same kind of marketing any manufacturer employs, but what you cannot quibble over is the superior overall safety of the car, period.
JT Legal Group
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Are Tesla Cars Safe to Drive? - JT Legal Group
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