AutonomousMedium
Tesla Reportedly in Autopilot Mode Hits Parked Police Vehicle in Fullerton, California
- Occurred
- Jun 13, 2024
- Published
- Jun 13, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A Tesla reportedly in self-driving mode crashed into a parked patrol vehicle in Fullerton, California while the officer was responding to a fatal DUI crash. The officer narrowly escaped injury. The driver reports having been distracted by a cellphone and having relied on the Tesla’s AI. (The earlier crash involved a suspected DUI driver who killed a motorcyclist stopped at a red light.)
Developers
- Tesla
Deployers
- unnamed Tesla driver
Harmed parties
- Unnamed Fullerton police officer
- Fullerton Police Department
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: Incident involves Tesla Autopilot system failure leading to collision, fitting autonomous vehicle category with limited harm.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8