Are electric vehicles riskier? A comparative study of driving behaviour and insurance claims for internal combustion engine, hybrid and electric vehicles.

Autor: McDonnell K; University of Limerick, Limerick KB3-040, Ireland. Electronic address: Kevin.McDonnell@ul.ie., Sheehan B; University of Limerick, Limerick KB3-040, Ireland. Electronic address: Barry.Sheehan@ul.ie., Murphy F; University of Limerick, Limerick KB3-040, Ireland. Electronic address: Finbarr.Murphy@ul.ie., Guillen M; Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal, 690, 08034, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: mguillen@ub.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Accident; analysis and prevention [Accid Anal Prev] 2024 Nov; Vol. 207, pp. 107761. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 04.
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2024.107761
Abstrakt: Electric vehicles (EVs) differ significantly from their internal combustion engine (ICE) counterparts, with reduced mechanical parts, Lithium-ion batteries and differences in pedal and transmission control. These differences in vehicle operation, coupled with the proliferation of EVs on our roads, warrant an in-depth investigation into the divergent risk profiles and driving behaviour of EVs, Hybrids (HYB) and ICEs. In this unique study, we analyze a novel telematics dataset of 14,642 vehicles in the Netherlands accompanied by accident claims data. We train a Logistic Regression model to predict the occurrence of driver at-fault claims, where an at-fault claim refers to First and Third Party damages where the driver was at fault. Our results reveal that EV drivers are more exposed to incurring at-fault claims than ICE drivers despite their lower average mileage. Additionally, we investigate the financial implications of these increased at-fault claims likelihoods and have found that EVs experience a 6.7% increase in significant first-party damage costs compared to ICE. When analyzing driver behaviour, we found that EVs and HYBs record fewer harsh acceleration, braking, cornering and speeding events than ICE. However, these reduced harsh events do not translate to reducing claims frequency for EVs. This research finds evidence of a higher frequency of accidents caused by Electric Vehicles. This burden should be considered explicitly by regulators, manufacturers, businesses and the general public when evaluating the cost of transitioning to alternative fuel vehicles.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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