Driver death rates by make and model of luxury 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 luxury car 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 luxury 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 |
Mercedes-Benz C-Class sedan 4WD | 0 (0-15) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2015-17 |
Lexus CT 200h | 6 (0-19) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2014-17 |
Acura TLX 2WD | 21 (0-42) | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2015-17 |
Mercedes-Benz C-Class sedan 2WD | 28 (0-56) | 10 | 17 | 9 | 2015-17 |
Cadillac ATS 2WD | 31 (6-56) | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2014-17 |
Infiniti Q50 4WD | 39 (8-70) | 0 | 39 | 11 | 2014-17 |
BMW 320i 2WD | 42 (4-80) | 17 | 29 | 0 | 2014-17 |
Lincoln MKZ 2WD | 55 (5-106) | 32 | 25 | 6 | 2014-17 |
Infiniti Q50 2WD | 60 (31-90) | 18 | 44 | 19 | 2014-17 |
All 2017 vehicles | 36 (34-37) | 22 | 13 | 5 | 2014-17 |