Model 3 Tesla on Autopilot Crashed into a Truck in Florida, Killing Driver

March 1, 2019

In Florida, a tragic incident involving a Model 3 Tesla equipped with Autopilot mode occurred when the vehicle collided with a tractor-trailer truck. The unfortunate result was the death of the 50-year-old driver. This distressing event underscores the critical need for safe and secure AI practices.

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MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.700, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MEASURE 3.1 — similarity 0.649, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 4.1 — similarity 0.647, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Alleged deployer: tesla
Alleged developer: tesla
Alleged harmed parties: jeremy-beren-banner, tesla-users

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/230

Data source

Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

When citing the database as a whole, please use:

McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

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