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Tesla on Autopilot Struck Parked Work Truck on Highway in Pennsylvania

Occurred
Jun 23, 2023
Published
Jun 26, 2023
Source
AI Incident Database

Summary

A 2016 Tesla on Autopilot crashed into the rear of a parked 2007 Freightliner truck providing traffic control on the Pennsylvania Turnpike highway.

Developers

  • Tesla

Deployers

  • Tesla

Harmed parties

  • truck drivers
  • Tesla drivers
  • David Clough

Classification

Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%

Rationale: Incident involves Tesla Autopilot system failure resulting in collision with parked vehicle.

Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8

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