AutonomousMedium
Sudden Braking by Tesla Allegedly on Self-Driving Mode Caused Multi-Car Pileup in Tunnel
- Occurred
- Nov 24, 2022
- Published
- Jan 11, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A Tesla driver alleged Full Self Driving (FSD) braking unexpectedly as the cause for an eight-car pileup in San Francisco which led to minor injuries of nine people.
Developers
- Tesla
Deployers
- Tesla
Harmed parties
- traffic participants
- Tesla drivers
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: Incident involves autonomous driving system malfunction causing a multi-car pileup with minor injuries.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8