AI Incident Database: Tesla Reportedly in Autopilot Mode Hits Parked Police Vehicle in Fullerton, California
A Tesla reportedly in self-driving mode crashed into a parked patrol vehicle in Fullerton, California while the officer was responding to a fatal DUI crash. The officer narrowly escaped injury. The driver reports having been distracted by a cellphone and having relied on the Tesla’s AI. (The earlier crash involved a suspected DUI driver who killed a motorcyclist stopped at a red light.)
AI Incident Database · Incident 707Operator lens (critical): inspect D4 (observability), D5 (model change gate), D6 (autonomy oversight).
Event summary
A Tesla reportedly in self-driving mode crashed into a parked patrol vehicle in Fullerton, California while the officer was responding to a fatal DUI crash. The officer narrowly escaped injury. The driver reports having been distracted by a cellphone and having relied on the Tesla’s AI. (The earlier crash involved a suspected DUI driver who killed a motorcyclist stopped at a red light.)
Linked entities
- tesla
organisation | 70%
- unnamed-tesla-driver
organisation | 70%
- unnamed-fullerton-police-officer
organisation | 70%
- fullerton-police-department
organisation | 70%
Related graph edges
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| ent-aiid-tesla to ent-psf-d4 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-tesla to ent-psf-d4 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-tesla to ent-psf-d4 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-tesla to ent-psf-d5 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-tesla to ent-psf-d5 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-tesla to ent-psf-d5 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-tesla to ent-psf-d1 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-tesla to ent-psf-d1 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-tesla to ent-psf-d1 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-tesla to ent-psf-d4 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-tesla to ent-psf-d4 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-tesla to ent-psf-d4 | maps to | 60% |