Tesla has reported two new fatal crashes involving Autopilot or Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta to NHTSA, but the automaker is not releasing a lot of details.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released its first report on “Safety Performance of Advanced Vehicle Technologies” earlier this year.
The report was about data on accidents involving vehicles equipped with driver-assist (ADAS) features, and as we reported at the time, Tesla Autopilot topped the list for the most crashes.
However, the data didn’t include miles driven with the driver-assist features, and Autopilot is suspected to also dominate on that metric, which would put the crashes in a different perspective.
Tesla has now reported dozens of new crashes to NHTSA, including two new fatal crashes while using ADAS features.
Here are the two reports of the fatal crashes:
| Report ID | Report Version | Reporting Entity | Report Type | Report Month | Report Year | Report Submission Date | VIN | VIN – Unknown | Serial Number | Make | Model | Model – Unknown | Model Year | Model Year – Unknown | Same Vehicle ID | Mileage | Mileage – Unknown | Driver / Operator Type | ADAS/ADS Version | ADAS/ADS Version – Unknown | ADAS/ADS Version CBI | ADS Equipped? | Automation System Engaged? | Operating Entity | Operating Entity – Unknown | Source – Complaint/Claim | Source – Telematics | Source – Law Enforcement | Source – Field Report | Source – Testing | Source – Media | Source – Other | Source – Other Text | Incident Date | Incident Date – Unknown | Notice Received Date | Incident Time (24:00) | Incident Time – Unknown | Same Incident ID | Latitude | Latitude – Unknown | Longitude | Longitude – Unknown | Address | Address – Unknown | City | City – Unknown | State | Zip Code | Zip Code – Unknown | Roadway Type | Roadway Surface | Roadway Description | Posted Speed Limit (MPH) | Posted Speed Limit – Unknown | Lighting | Weather – Clear | Weather – Snow | Weather – Cloudy | Weather – Fog/Smoke | Weather – Rain | Weather – Severe Wind | Weather – Unknown | Weather – Other | Weather – Other Text | Crash With | Highest Injury Severity | Property Damage? | CP Pre-Crash Movement | CP Any Air Bags Deployed? | CP Was Vehicle Towed? | CP Contact Area – Rear Left | CP Contact Area – Left | CP Contact Area – Front Left | CP Contact Area – Rear | CP Contact Area – Top | CP Contact Area – Front | CP Contact Area – Rear Right | CP Contact Area – Right | CP Contact Area – Front Right | CP Contact Area – Bottom | CP Contact Area – Unknown | SV Pre-Crash Movement | SV Any Air Bags Deployed? | SV Was Vehicle Towed? | SV Were All Passengers Belted? | SV Precrash Speed (MPH) | SV Pre-crash Speed – Unknown | SV Contact Area – Rear Left | SV Contact Area – Left | SV Contact Area – Front Left | SV Contact Area – Rear | SV Contact Area – Top | SV Contact Area – Front | SV Contact Area – Rear Right | SV Contact Area – Right | SV Contact Area – Front Right | SV Contact Area – Bottom | SV Contact Area – Unknown | Data Availability – EDR | Data Availability – Police Rpt | Data Availability – Telematics | Data Availability – Complaints | Data Availability – Video | Data Availability – Other | Data Availability – No Data | Data Availability – Unknown | Law Enforcement Investigating? | Investigating Agency | Investigating Agency – Unknown | Rep Ent Or Mfr Investigating? | Investigating Officer Name | Inv. Officer Name – Unknown | Investigating Officer Phone | Inv. Officer Phone – Unknown | Investigating Officer Email | Inv. Officer Email – Unknown | Within ODD? | Within ODD? – CBI | Narrative | Narrative – CBI? |
| 13781-4011 | 1 | Tesla, Inc. | 1-Day | OCT-2022 | Y | Tesla | Model 3 | Y | Y | Consumer | [REDACTED, MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION] | Y | Y | No | ADAS | Y | SEP-2022 | OCT-2022 | Y | Y | Y | [MAY CONTAIN PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION] | Y | CA | Y | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Y | Unknown | Y | Unknown | Fatality | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Y | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Y | Y | Y | Unknown | Y | Unknown | Y | Y | Y | [REDACTED, MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION] | Y | [REDACTED, MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION] | Y |
| Report ID | Report Version | Reporting Entity | Report Type | Report Month | Report Year | Report Submission Date | VIN | VIN – Unknown | Serial Number | Make | Model | Model – Unknown | Model Year | Model Year – Unknown | Same Vehicle ID | Mileage | Mileage – Unknown | Driver / Operator Type | ADAS/ADS Version | ADAS/ADS Version – Unknown | ADAS/ADS Version CBI | ADS Equipped? | Automation System Engaged? | Operating Entity | Operating Entity – Unknown | Source – Complaint/Claim | Source – Telematics | Source – Law Enforcement | Source – Field Report | Source – Testing | Source – Media | Source – Other | Source – Other Text | Incident Date | Incident Date – Unknown | Notice Received Date | Incident Time (24:00) | Incident Time – Unknown | Same Incident ID | Latitude | Latitude – Unknown | Longitude | Longitude – Unknown | Address | Address – Unknown | City | City – Unknown | State | Zip Code | Zip Code – Unknown | Roadway Type | Roadway Surface | Roadway Description | Posted Speed Limit (MPH) | Posted Speed Limit – Unknown | Lighting | Weather – Clear | Weather – Snow | Weather – Cloudy | Weather – Fog/Smoke | Weather – Rain | Weather – Severe Wind | Weather – Unknown | Weather – Other | Weather – Other Text | Crash With | Highest Injury Severity | Property Damage? | CP Pre-Crash Movement | CP Any Air Bags Deployed? | CP Was Vehicle Towed? | CP Contact Area – Rear Left | CP Contact Area – Left | CP Contact Area – Front Left | CP Contact Area – Rear | CP Contact Area – Top | CP Contact Area – Front | CP Contact Area – Rear Right | CP Contact Area – Right | CP Contact Area – Front Right | CP Contact Area – Bottom | CP Contact Area – Unknown | SV Pre-Crash Movement | SV Any Air Bags Deployed? | SV Was Vehicle Towed? | SV Were All Passengers Belted? | SV Precrash Speed (MPH) | SV Pre-crash Speed – Unknown | SV Contact Area – Rear Left | SV Contact Area – Left | SV Contact Area – Front Left | SV Contact Area – Rear | SV Contact Area – Top | SV Contact Area – Front | SV Contact Area – Rear Right | SV Contact Area – Right | SV Contact Area – Front Right | SV Contact Area – Bottom | SV Contact Area – Unknown | Data Availability – EDR | Data Availability – Police Rpt | Data Availability – Telematics | Data Availability – Complaints | Data Availability – Video | Data Availability – Other | Data Availability – No Data | Data Availability – Unknown | Law Enforcement Investigating? | Investigating Agency | Investigating Agency – Unknown | Rep Ent Or Mfr Investigating? | Investigating Officer Name | Inv. Officer Name – Unknown | Investigating Officer Phone | Inv. Officer Phone – Unknown | Investigating Officer Email | Inv. Officer Email – Unknown | Within ODD? | Within ODD? – CBI | Narrative | Narrative – CBI? |
| 13781-3900 | 2 | Tesla, Inc. | 1-Day | SEP-2022 | 5YJ3E1EB3KF | N/A | Tesla | Model 3 | 2019 | f3ff35df9cc2a80 | 18535 | Consumer | [REDACTED, MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION] | Y | No | ADAS | Y | DEC-2021 | SEP-2022 | 03:39 | b1051e5d6cc60be | [MAY CONTAIN PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION] | [MAY CONTAIN PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION] | [MAY CONTAIN PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION] | Palm Springs | CA | [MAY CONTAIN PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown Zone | Y | Fatality | Unknown | Unknown | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Stopped | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Unknown | Y | Unknown | Y | Y | Y | [REDACTED, MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION] | Y | [REDACTED, MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION] | Y |
The reports include a lot of redacted information that limit our understanding of those accidents.
Top comment by Aaarrrgggh
From the table the vehicle was stopped and struck on the right side at the time of the accident. Not quite sure what ADAS has to do with it, unless it is FSD Beta and put the vehicle in a dangerous position which seems unlikely.
It’s not clear if the crashes involved Autopilot or FSD Beta. NHTSA separates level 2 driver-assist systems and self-driving systems, but Tesla is reporting FSD Beta as a level 2 system despite its name.
A lot of items are listed as “unknown” in the reports despite Tesla having access to a lot of telemetrics in its vehicles.
One of the accidents also happened back in December 2021, but it is just being reported now. The other happened in September 2022, and it was reported in the latest batch of crashes reported by Tesla last month.
NHTSA has currently several ongoing investigations related to Tesla’s driver-assist features.
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