Although there are some opinions saying 'it apparently looks like taxis have more traffic accidents because the driving distance per taxi is much longer than that per general car,' even when the data of accidents occurring in driving distance of one million kilometers are compared, the number of accidents caused by taxis is still high exceptionally (as of 2003, the number of traffic accidents occurring in driving distance of one million kilometers and caused by taxis was 1.704, while that of all automobiles was 1.195).
「1台あたりの走行距離が長いから、事故が多く見えるのは見かけ上の問題だ」との主張もあるが、走行100万キロメートルあたりの事故件数ベースで比較してもタクシーの事故率が突出している（2003年の時点では走行100万kmあたりタクシーの事故件数1.704件に対して、全自動車は1.195件）