Vehicle accidents are nothing new and nobody wants to be involved in one. After all, crashes can result to unwanted deaths. Some drivers, however are more prone to make mistakes while driving than others. Interestingly these motorists drive certain cars models. Insurify, a company helps people compare auto insurance rates, has made a list of top car models with most accident-prone drivers in 2021.
Insurance Applications Are Basis For List
Insurify’s data science team searched through a database of over 4 million car insurance applications to determine which models had the most accidents. In particular, they look for drivers who reported an at-fault accident in a certain car model. Then, they compared it with total numbers of drivers of that certain model to determine the percentage of drivers with at least one prior accident on record. The search covered records in the past seven years.
According to Insurify, around 10.78% of drivers in the United States reported being at fault in a vehicle accident within the past seven years. Only around 6.68% of drivers reported not at fault in the crashes they were involved. Not surprising, five of the top 10 models with the most at-fault accidents are sports cars. Only 15.44% of these sports car drivers reported causing the accident.
Scion FR-S Has Most Accident-Prone Drivers
On top of the list is the Scion FR-S. While Toyota discontinued the car in 2016, it remained popular among young drives because of its unique combo of sportiness and affordability. With more inexperienced drivers preferring the FR-S, the percentage of at-fault drivers is at 15.87%.
Next is the Kia Stinger, which share of drivers with a prior at-fault accident on record is 15.75%. The Stinger is one of the affordable cars with a sporty aspect, thanks to its 300-hp turbocharged engine. With this mill, the Stinger is likely to drivers prone to cause accidents.
Top 3 on the list is the Subaru WRX, which had 15.44% of drivers were at fault during accident. According to Insurify, the inclusion of the WRX in the list was not a surprise since its drivers are notorious for racking up speeding tickets as well as reckless driving violations.
Japanese And South Korean Cars Dominate List
Included in the top 10 of Insurify’s list of cars with most accident-prone drivers are the Hyundai Genesis Coupe (15.29%), Subaru Impreza (15.10%), Infiniti Q60 (14.93%), Mazda CX3 (14.90%), Toyota Prius (14.72%), Lexus CT (14.57%) and the Hyundai Ioniq (14.45%). Interestingly, all of the top car models with most at-fault drivers were built by either Japanese or South Korean carmakers.
Source: Insurify