Tesla: Vehicles equipped with FSD are 4.1 times less likely to be involved in accidents in Europe

Tesla's supervised self-driving technology recorded 4.1 times fewer collisions compared to manual driving in Europe, where its use is permitted, the automaker said on Tuesday. The company is stepping up lobbying efforts ahead of an anticipated vote on wider deployment of the technology in the EU.

In April, the Netherlands became the first European country to grant temporary approval for the use of Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) system. Belgium, Denmark, Estonia and Lithuania followed suit, ahead of the expected vote on broader use of the technology across the EU.

According to Tesla, the findings are based on data covering more than 100 million kilometers (62 million miles), collected in these five countries from April to August. Vehicles equipped with FSD were involved in three collisions on highways and nine on other types of roads. By comparison, manually driven vehicles recorded 137 and 490 collisions, respectively.

However, Reuters had previously reported that Tesla submitted safety statistics to European regulators using a comparison methodology that experts deemed flawed, saying it could create a misleading impression of the system's safety. Tesla did not respond to Reuters' detailed questions.

On Tuesday, Tesla also published an open-access safety information dashboard on its website, stating that it had shared this data with regulators in EU member states back in April.

"With a potential EU-wide approval vote approaching... we decided to make public one of the key pieces of evidence that formed the basis for the Netherlands' approval," the company said.

Tesla is urging EU regulators to approve broader deployment of FSD technology and says the vote could take place as soon as October 6.

Approval requires the support of at least 15 out of the EU's 27 member states, which together must represent at least 65% of the EU's population.