AutonomousCritical
Tesla Driver on Autopilot Ran a Red Light, Crashing into a Car and Killing Two People in Los Angeles
- Occurred
- Dec 29, 2019
- Published
- Jan 17, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
In 2019, a Tesla Model S driver on Autopilot mode reportedly went through a red light and crashed into a Honda Civic, killing two people in Gardena, Los Angeles.
Developers
- Tesla
Deployers
- Tesla
Harmed parties
- Gilberto Alcazar Lopez
- Maria Guadalupe Nieves-Lopez
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 95%
Rationale: Autopilot system failure led to fatal crash involving two deaths.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8