Incident 105: Tesla Model 3 on Autopilot Crashed into a Ford Explorer Pickup, Killing a Fifteen-Year-Old in California
Description: A Tesla Model 3 on Autopilot mode crashed into a pickup on a California freeway, where data and video from the company showed neither Autopilot nor the driver slowing the vehicle until seconds before the crash.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Tesla developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Jovani Maldonado , Benjamin Maldonado and California public.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
105
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2019-08-24
Editors
Sean McGregor, Khoa Lam
CSETv1 Taxonomy Classifications
Taxonomy DetailsHarm Distribution Basis
Indicates how the harms were potentially distributed.
none
Sector of Deployment
Indicate the sector in which the AI system is deployed
transportation and storage
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
nytimes.com · 2021
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Benjamin Maldonado and his teenage son were driving back from a soccer tournament on a California freeway in August 2019 when a truck in front of them slowed. Mr. Maldonado flicked his turn signal and moved right. Within seconds, his Ford E…
Variants
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