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Latvia

FSD blocked · 294 days

The only Baltic state still blocking, after Estonia and Lithuania both recognised the Dutch approval in May 2026.

Lives lost to regulation since 21 November 2025

0.2

1,500 Teslas waiting 0.2 lives a year at stake 120 road deaths a year

Where it sits

FSD active FSD blocked Not tracked

Latvia highlighted

Teslas on the road1,500

Days blocked294

Road deaths a year120

Lives a year at stake0.2

BlocEU

Tesla fleet

Teslas on the road1,500

Figure qualitylow

Teslas per 1,000 people0.8

Share of all vehicles0.20%

Estimated share of the ~40–55k 'other Europe' Tesla bucket.

Sources: Tesla Europe registration compilation · as of 31 August 2026

Road safety baseline

Population1.9million

Road deaths per year120

Road deaths per 100,0006.3

Against the EU average+43%

A safer baseline means less room for FSD to help. Latvia is more dangerous than the EU average, so each Tesla here carries more potential impact than one in Scandinavia.

How this number is worked out

120 road deaths × 0.83 crash reduction × ( 1,500 the whole Tesla fleet ÷ 760K vehicles ) = 0.2 lives / year

Because FSD is blocked here, the calculation uses the whole 1,500-car fleet: this is what Latvia is currently giving up, not what it is getting. The 83% figure is the midpoint of Tesla's published crash-rate data; the vehicle total assumes 400 vehicles per 1,000 people. Full workings on the methodology page.

Who decides

Latvia has not recognised the Dutch type approval. As an EU member it could recognise it tomorrow, as six other members already have — or wait for the bloc-wide vote.