Description: A Tesla driver reportedly told police he was asleep and using Full Self-Driving, a supervised driver-assistance system, when his car struck an occupied California Highway Patrol vehicle on Interstate 80 in Fairfield, California. The Tesla reportedly entered lanes closed with flares and cones for an earlier crash. Two officers were reported to have been seriously injured and later released from the hospital.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Tesla and Automated driving system developers developed an AI system deployed by Tesla drivers , Road users , Motorists , Drivers and Automated driving system deployers, which harmed Road users , Motorists , Drivers , Police officers , Law enforcement and California Highway Patrol.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD) and Automated driving systems
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1787
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2026-10-13
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
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A 19-year-old driver died in a crash on Interstate 80 near Fairfield Tuesday night, and two California Highway Patrol officers investigating that crash were injured about an hour later when a Tesla hit their patrol car.
The first crash happ…
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Two California Highway Patrol officers were injured in a crash involving a Tesla that was in self-driving mode.
On Tuesday, just before midnight, dashcam footage captured a car driving straight into a California Highway Patrol vehicle in Fa…
Variants
A "variant" is an AI incident similar to a known case—it has the same causes, harms, and AI system. Instead of listing it separately, we group it under the first reported incident. Unlike other incidents, variants do not need to have been reported outside the AIID. Learn more from the research paper.
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