Tesla crashed in full self-driving mode, owns files NHTSA report
- A Tesla Model Y driving in full self-driving mode crashed in California.
- The driver filed a complaint with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
- The car drove over into the wrong lane and was hit by another vehicle, the complaint reads.
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A Tesla driver has informed federal security authorities that his vehicle crashed in California while using the software for full self-driving.
2021 Model Y’s owner filed a complaint with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), following the crash on Nov. 3, the report said.
“The car drove over into the wrong lane and I was hit by another motorist in the lane next to my lane,” the complaint read.
Both outlets reported that NHTSA officials had contacted Tesla for more information. Tesla did not immediately return a request for comment.
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software, which has been rolled out slowly in the United States, has been seen as controversial of some. The add-on software costs as much as $ 10,000, but something critics argue that it “lacks its name”.
Electrek, an EV blog, posted on Friday a lengthy excerpt of the California driver’s complaint, which said the vehicle “gave a warning 1/2 way through the bend, so I tried to turn the wheel to avoid getting into the wrong lane. ” It added that the car took control and forced itself into the wrong lane, which “created an unsafe maneuver and put everyone involved at risk.”
The complaint said the Model Y was “severely damaged,” Electrek reported.
In August, NHTSA investigators opened an investigation into Autopilot, software standard in Tesla vehicles. This study came after several years of one-time investigations into Tesla crashes from the administration.
Between June 2016 and May 2021, NHTSA investigated 36 accidents involving Tesla EVs or other self-propelled vehicles, according to a list of investigations requested by Insider from the agency in June.
Thirty of the investigations involved Tesla vehicles, though three of the Tesla accidents occurred when the vehicles were “not in autopilot,” according to the NHTSA list.
Eight of these one-time investigations involving Teslas resulted in deaths, while another five had serious or serious injuries as a result, according to the NHTSA.
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