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Making the safest vehicles on the planet
On top of aiming for the highest scores on industry-standard tests, Tesla aims to make the safest vehicles possible.
Tesla collects data from their fleet of millions of Teslas to learn how real-world crashes happen. It uses that data and runs additional simulations to tune the airbags and seatbelts to protect Tesla drivers even in situations not picked up by regulatory tests.
History of breaking safety records
Time after time, Tesla achieves the highest overall safety scores and breaks the previous record, its own record.
The following table lists some remarkable events related to vehicle safety awards.
| Year | Agency | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | NHTSA | Model S breaks the rating system by scoring 5.4 stars out of the maximum of 5 stars. (Source) |
| 2013 | NHTSA | Model S roof breaks the testing machine thanks to reinforced B pillar attached with aerospace grade bolts. (Source) |
| 2017 | NHTSA | Model X is the first SUV ever to achieve 5-star crash rating in every category and has the lowest probability of injury of any SUV ever tested. (Source) |
| 2019 | NCAP | Model 3 earns a perfect 5-star rating in every category and sub-category, scoring the lowest probability of injury of any car evaluated. (Source) |
| 2022 | NCAP | Model Y receives the highest overall score among any vehicle tested under the newest, most stringent test protocol. (Source) |
| 2022 | NCAP | Renewed Model S gets a 5-star safety rating and the highest overall score among any vehicle tested in this protocol. (Source) |