States with the fastest-growing electric-vehicle accident rates

States with the fastest-growing electric-vehicle accident rates

MikeDotta // Shutterstock   As electric vehicles move from niche to normal on U.S. roads, crash patterns are starting to shift with them. More than 3.5 million EVs were registered nationwide in 2023. At the same time, insurers are seeing substantially more collision claims from EV drivers: one major claims analytics firm reports that the U.S. collision claim frequency for repairable battery electric vehicles (BEVs) rose 38% in 2024 compared with…