If you weren’t around in 1971 to 1980, the Ford Pinto had a reputation for blowing up if you rear ended it. Literally. It was a big deal. In those few years of production, there were 27 people that died after they were rear ended and their Pinto blew up.
The Cybertruck, riding the wave of negative press its gotten due to its six recalls in 2024, has been coined to be more dangerous than the infamous Pinto with some math done by Fuel Arc. After looking at the models, total units produced with the amount of reported fatalities by fire, the results are shocking.
The outlet noted there have been 34,438 Cybertrucks delivered as of Jan 1, 2025. For the Ford, 3,173,491 Pintos were sold between 1971 and 1980. There have been 5 fatalities by fire (4 if you don’t count the Las Vegas incident since the driver was burned after they died) for the Tesla, and 27 by the Pinto.
That means there have been 14.52 deaths per 100,000 Cybertrucks, and 0.85 deaths per 100,000 Pintos. Fuel Arc editors say that means the Cybertruck is technically 17 times more deadly than the Pinto was in those nine years of production. Pretty crazy.
Readers across the internet felt conflicted about the Cybertruck’s stats
Naturally, the Tesla fanboys were quick to answer the call to battle and defend Musk. Others, though, expressed that they weren’t surprised.
“To be fair, maybe it’s just the idiots that buy them are just crappy drivers?” one wrote in response to a Threads post with the statistics.
Someone else brought up the rumor that the Cybertruck isn’t legal across the pond.
“I’d love to know if it’s true the Cybertruck isn’t street legal in England,” they wrote.
A few people mentioned Charles Darwin.
“The Cybertruck is the official trophy for the Darwin Award,” their comment read.
