Driver death rates by make and model four-door cars
A way to compare the safety of vehicles is to look at the rate of driver death per vehicle. The latest date compiled from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is of 2017 vehicles. From time to time, IIHS researchers compute the rate at which drivers of individual models from a given year are killed in crashes.
The rates shown below are given as the number of driver deaths per million registered four-door vehicle years. (A registered vehicle year is one vehicle registered for one year.) These calculations only count the deaths of drivers, not passengers, since every four-door car that crashes has a driver, but not every vehicle has passengers.
Vehicle | Overall death rate (with confidence limits) | Multi-vehicle crash death rate | Single-vehicle crash death rate | Rollover death rate | Model year span |
Subaru Legacy | 14 (3-25) | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2015-17 |
Ford Fusion plug-in hybrid | 15 (0-36) | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2014-17 |
Ford Fusion 4WD | 22 (0-45) | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2014-17 |
Toyota Camry | 34 (28-41) | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2014-17 |
Ford Fusion hybrid 2WD | 34 (10-58) | 28 | 5 | 6 | 2014-17 |
Honda Accord | 34 (26-41) | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2014-17 |
Kia Optima | 37 (15-58) | 15 | 23 | 10 | 2016-17 |
Ford Fusion 2WD | 39 (30-49) | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2014-17 |
Mazda 6 2WD | 41 (22-61) | 24 | 18 | 4 | 2014-17 |
Toyota Camry hybrid | 41 (16-66) | 35 | 5 | 0 | 2014-17 |
Hyundai Sonata | 48 (34-62) | 25 | 23 | 8 | 2015-17 |
Chrysler 200 2WD | 52 (34-69) | 21 | 32 | 3 | 2015-17 |
Volkswagen Jetta | 53 (38-67) | 34 | 19 | 4 | 2014-17 |
Nissan Altima | 59 (49-68) | 37 | 21 | 5 | 2014-17 |
Chevrolet Malibu | 61 (34-87) | 36 | 24 | 13 | 2016-17 |
Nissan Maxima | 68 (27-109) | 33 | 38 | 4 | 2016-17 |
Buick Verano | 68 (34-102) | 35 | 33 | 14 | 2014-17 |
All 2017 vehicles | 36 (34-37) | 22 | 13 | 5 | 2014-17 |