Citation

No Author(s) Listed. Accid. Reconstr. J. 2020; 30(4): 45-60, 63-64.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Accident Reconstruction Journal)

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Abstract

Presents the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report of a crash involving a 2017 Tesla Model X P100D electric-powered sport utility vehicle (SUV) that collided with a crash attenuator in Mountain View, California. The crash occurred following the activation of the vehicle's Autopilot advanced driver assistance system. The report offers details on the driver and vehicle, the Autopilot system, weather and other environmental factors, and highway infrastructure. In addition, it explores driver monitoring systems, risk assessment and mitigation, collision avoidance systems, and the need for event data recorders with driver automation systems. The report's findings indicate that the probable cause of the crash was the Tesla Autopilot system steering the vehicle into a highway gore area due to system limitations and the driver's lack of response due to distraction and overreliance on the automation system.

Language: en

Keywords

Driver support systems; Highway safety; Crash causes; Crash avoidance systems; Crash analysis; Sport utility vehicles; Autonomous vehicles; Crash cushions; Tesla automobile; Traffic crash victims; U.S. National Transportation Safety Board