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2020 TESLA MODEL Y — FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL

crash1 injured · 1796949 · 2022-02-22

Vehicle

Make
TESLA
Model
MODEL Y
Year
2020
Manufacturer
Tesla, Inc.
Component
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL
Speed
60 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
Yes
Vehicle towed
Yes

Narrative

i WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON i-75 ABOUT 10AM on January 16, 2022. Traffics was moderated as I was driving in the left lane about 60 mph following another car. It had suddenly started snowing rather hard and the road was wet as it had been for the previous 50 miles. I felt no change in the road or car handling. Another dark SUV started passing me on the left. That seemed normal until the dark car was about 3/4 of the way passed me. Suddenly my Tesla swung to the left and came in contact with the right rear panel of the SUV. I tried to correct my car but it suddenly went out of control to the left. My car suddenly was out of my control and skidded side ways with the right side of the car coming in contract with the guard rail in the center. It happened so fast I could not react as the car took out about 20-30 feet of metal guard rail. It spun around and ended in the center ditch facing the opposite direction. Air bag on the right side deployed and I was in contact with the center front seat. Car was badly damaged with the damage protion mostly the right side of the car. Police came about 30 minutes later. At first I told him I was uninjured but after about 10 minutes my right leg started hurning and I requested an ambulance with took me to the hospital in Corwin Ky. That leg swelled up and x-rays and MRI were taken. Please talk a look at the vided on youtube under TESLACAM... there is a video of the same thing happening to a Tesla driver on a highwa

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11453380
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown