Tesla has released new European safety data for Full Self-Driving (Supervised) as it seeks broader approval for the driver-assistance system across the European Union. The company says vehicles using FSD were 4.1 times less likely to be involved in a collision than manually driven Teslas in the five European countries where the system is currently permitted.
The figures cover more than 100 million kilometres driven between April and August 2026 in the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia and Lithuania. Tesla reported three highway collisions and nine non-highway collisions involving vehicles using FSD. For manually driven Teslas, it recorded 137 highway and 490 non-highway collisions over the comparison period.
Tesla opens its European FSD safety dashboard
Tesla published an open-source safety dashboard on September 1, saying the evidence had also been shared with European regulators. The move comes as the company pushes for an EU-wide decision that could significantly expand access to FSD across the bloc.
The Netherlands granted provisional approval to FSD (Supervised) in April 2026 after testing by road authority RDW. Belgium, Denmark, Estonia and Lithuania subsequently permitted the system. RDW stresses that FSD remains a driver-controlled assistance system rather than autonomous driving: the person behind the wheel remains responsible and must stay in control.
The methodology remains contested
The headline figure should be treated as Tesla’s own safety claim rather than an independent finding. Reuters has previously reported criticism from road-safety researchers who argued that some of Tesla’s earlier safety comparisons relied on datasets collected under different conditions and could therefore create a misleading picture of relative safety.
This makes the underlying methodology particularly important. Differences in road type, vehicle population, driver behaviour and the way collisions are recorded can materially affect comparisons between assisted and manual driving. RDW has said its decision was based not only on information supplied by Tesla but also on extensive testing on public roads and its own test facilities.
An EU-wide decision could come in October
Tesla says a vote on wider European approval could take place as early as October 6. An EU-level decision would require support from at least 15 member states representing at least 65% of the bloc’s population.
The regulatory outcome matters commercially. Europe remains one of the world’s largest electric-vehicle markets, while Tesla faces increasingly strong competition from European and Chinese manufacturers. Wider availability of FSD would give the company another paid software product to offer customers and strengthen the role of software in its European business model.
For regulators, however, the central question is not whether Tesla can produce an attractive headline safety ratio, but whether the evidence demonstrates that the system can operate consistently and safely across very different European roads and traffic environments.
Sources: Reuters, RDW, Tesla FSD Evidence Dashboard.
