Nov 30, 2024 20:00:00

Tesla Deaths is a website that compiles fatal accidents involving Tesla cars.

Tesla is a pioneer in autonomous driving, but there have been several reported

fatal accidents involving autonomous driving. ' Tesla Deaths ' is a website that compiles fatal accidents involving Tesla vehicles, and allows users to find out the date and time of the accidents and the number of accidents involving the autonomous driving system.

Every Tesla Accident Resulting in Death | Tesla Deaths
https://www.tesladeaths.com/

When you access Tesla Deaths, you will see the information, 'The total number of deaths caused by Tesla vehicles is 614, of which 51 were caused by the autonomous driving system. Of those, two deaths were caused by fully autonomous driving (FSD).'

Scrolling down, you will see a table that summarizes the date and time of fatal accidents involving Tesla vehicles and their details. The information sources are

accident information reports issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), various news reports, court records, etc., and at the time of writing, 458 accident information was compiled. The number of accidents and the number of fatalities differ because there are many cases where multiple people died in a single accident.

For accidents involving autonomous driving, the number of fatalities is listed in the 'AutoPilot claimed' column.

The accident catalogue also included

accidents in which the driver was killed while using an FSD.

NHTSA has questioned Tesla's FSD's 'ability to detect and respond appropriately to poor road visibility conditions' and began an investigation on October 18, 2024.

The US Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has begun an investigation into Tesla's self-driving system, and one out of four crashes reported during poor visibility were fatal - GIGAZINE