Incident 20: A Collection of Tesla Autopilot-Involved Crashes

Description: Multiple unrelated car accidents result in varying levels of harm have been occurred while a Tesla's autopilot was in use.

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Alleged: Tesla developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Motorists.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
20
Report Count
22
Incident Date
2016-06-30
Editors
Sean McGregor

CSET Taxonomy Classifications

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Full Description

Multiple unrelated car accidents result in varying levels of harm have been occurred while a Tesla's autonomous driving mode was in use. The autonomous vehicle's driving capabilities range from fully human-controlled to fully autonomous, allowing the system to control speed, direction, acceleration, deceleration, and lane changes. In most cases, the driver was given warning prior to impact, alerting the human driver to the need of intervention.

Short Description

Multiple unrelated car accidents result in varying levels of harm have been occurred while a Tesla's autopilot was in use.

Severity

Severe

Harm Type

Harm to physical health/safety, Financial harm

AI System Description

Tesla autopilot is an autonomous driving system that allow an autonomous vehicle to determine speed, acceleration, deceleration, direction, and lane changes

System Developer

Tesla

Sector of Deployment

Transportation and storage

Relevant AI functions

Perception, Cognition, Action

AI Techniques

Autonomous vehicle, Tesla autopilot

AI Applications

autonomous driving

Location

Global

Named Entities

Tesla, Joshua Brown, Wei Huang, Nicolas Ciarlone, Elaine Herzberg

Technology Purveyor

Tesla

Beginning Date

2013-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

Ending Date

2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

Near Miss

Harm caused

Intent

Accident

Lives Lost

Yes

Infrastructure Sectors

Transportation

Data Inputs

360 Ultrasonic Sonar, Image Recognition Camera, Long Range Radar, traffic patterns

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Variants

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