[gnoway]

I was wondering about the 1.3/100m number and found this:

http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx

It has data from 1994 to 2014, including this plus several other statistics. In particular, it looks like they are tracking on the order of trillions of miles driven per year, so you're right, making any kind of statement after only 100 million is more shameful marketing than anything else.

Edit: this is US-only, while Tesla is claiming vs. worldwide. Clearly more miles driven worldwide, and probably higher deaths per 100m miles.

[semi-extrinsic]

Not only is the statistics a big issue, but the apples-to-oranges comparison is what really irks me. The NHTSA average is over all car models on the road. Even in 2014, a non-negligible fraction of those are cars without even decent airbags and crumple zones.

The proper comparison would be with non-Autopilot Tesla miles. But that comparison makes Autopilot look bad.