Tesla reported that its vehicles operating with Autopilot technology were involved in one crash every 6.36 million miles during the third quarter of 2025, a rate that remains about nine times lower than the U.S. national average for vehicle accidents.
According to the company’s Q3 2025 Vehicle Safety Report, the results compare favorably with the most recent data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), which indicate one automobile crash occurs every 702,000 miles driven. However, Tesla’s latest figures were slightly below the 7 million miles between crashes recorded in Q3 2024.
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Tesla’s quarterly safety data has historically fluctuated with the seasons, with Q1 typically producing the best results and Q4 the weakest, largely due to changes in driving and weather conditions.
The company’s strongest performance remains Q1 2024, when one crash was reported for every 7.63 million miles driven using Autopilot.
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The automaker said that ongoing improvements in its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (Supervised) systems continue to enhance vehicle safety as the technology evolves.
Tesla is also refining its Full Self-Driving software using real-world data collected from its global fleet while it continues to work toward fully autonomous driving capabilities.
