AutonomousCritical
Tesla Model S on ACC Crashed into Tree in Texas, Killing Two People
- Occurred
- Apr 17, 2021
- Published
- Apr 20, 2021
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A 2019 Tesla Model S was reportedly traveling on Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) at high speed before crashing into a tree near The Woodlands in Spring, Texas, killing two people.
Developers
- Tesla
Deployers
- Tesla
Harmed parties
- William Varner
- unnamed passenger
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 100%
Rationale: Fatal crash involving Tesla's autonomous driving feature ACC.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8