High Horsepower, High Risk: Audi S4 Model Involved in the Most Accidents in 2023

Culling data from more than 4.6 million automobile insurance applications, researchers at the Insurify insurance comparison marketplace picked a winner -- or more to the point, a loser -- in its determination of the car model with the most accidents so far in 2023: the Audi S4.

Why does the sporty, luxury-class German sedan rank so high (or so low)? The organization found that S4 drivers, piloting a car with almost 350 horsepower, are among those who collect the most speeding tickets, and that they get into accidents at a rate 54 percent higher than the national average.

If the S4 isn’t a surprise with an at-fault accident rate of 11.7 percent, consider the ‘family friendly’ brand that appears three times on the Insurity list: Subaru. It is represented by three models, including the turbocharged WRX and XV Crosstrek, and at the better-performing bottom of the list, the Subaru Impreza, with an accident rate of 10.3 percent.