AutonomousCritical
Tesla on AutoPilot Killed Driver in Crash in Florida while Watching Movie
- Occurred
- Jul 1, 2016
- Published
- Jul 1, 2016
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A Tesla Model S on autopilot crashed into a white articulated tractor-trailer on Highway US 27A in Williston, Florida, killing the driver.
Developers
- Tesla
Deployers
- Tesla
Harmed parties
- Joshua Brown
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 95%
Rationale: Fatal crash involving Tesla Autopilot system, a self-driving feature, resulting in death.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8