2018 Tesla Model 3 Safety Rating
NHTSA 5-Star Safety Rating Program (NCAP)
Overall Vehicle Score
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out of 5 stars
Rating Breakdown
Safety Technologies
Advanced driver-assistance systems reported to NHTSA.
Electronic Stability Control
Forward Collision Warning
Lane Departure Warning
What this rating means for the 2018 Tesla Model 3
NHTSA published side crash, rollover resistance and side pole for this vehicle but not frontal crash. An untested area is not a poor result — it means no published data exists, and the overall star rating is calculated without it.
NHTSA's dynamic test put this vehicle's rollover probability at 6.6% in a single-vehicle crash — the figure behind the rollover star rating, published here because the star alone hides how wide each band is.
Across the 5 model years we hold for the Tesla Model 3, this figure has not moved from 5-star.
A star rating describes how this vehicle performed in NHTSA’s tests against other vehicles of similar mass. It is not comparable across weight classes: five stars on a small car and five on a large SUV do not describe equal crash outcomes.
About NHTSA Safety Ratings
The NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) assigns 5-star ratings from government-funded frontal, side, and rollover crash tests — not manufacturer-reported data. Ratings, crash media, and safety-technology data are sourced directly from NHTSA.
View on NHTSA.gov