Every driver, and even Tesla, will tell you it's a work in progress, and you'd be hard pressed to find someone who has had an accident with it. I'd be willing to bet money that IF You find someone who has had an accident they have a driving record that's shitty without it too.
If you want to talk stats, let's talk stats, but "It seems like Tesla is in the news a lot for near crashes" is a pretty weak metric, even from your armchair.