AutonomousMedium
Tesla on Autopilot Collided with Parked Fire Truck on California Freeway
- Occurred
- Jan 22, 2018
- Published
- Sep 4, 2019
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A Tesla Model S operating on Autopilot mode crashed into the back of a parked fire truck on a freeway in Culver City, California in a non-fatal collision.
Developers
- Tesla
Deployers
- Tesla
Harmed parties
- Tesla drivers
- Culver City Fire Department
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