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2022 TESLA MODEL 3 — UNKNOWN OR OTHER

crash2 injured · 1835063 · 2022-08-22

Vehicle

Make
TESLA
Model
MODEL 3
Year
2022
Manufacturer
Tesla, Inc.
Component
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Speed
5 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
2
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
Yes
Vehicle towed
Yes

Narrative

While making a u-turn on a quiet culdesac at approximately 5 mph, the 1 week old brand new Tesla, suddenly speeded up at the end of completing the u-turn (in last 5% of u-turn). It jumped the curb and hit a tree. All these happened in a fraction of a second and driver had no control when this happened. No automatic emergency breaks got activated. Autopilot or Cruise control features were not activated when this incidence happened. Driver and passenger incurred minor injuries, but their safety was put at risk. If this had happened on a busy area, the outcome would have been lot worse. This is a brand new car (1 week), and something is definitely wrong to have this happened. Police report (2022-56272) has been filed with Fayetteville Arkansas police dept. The report will be available in few days. We are trying to get in touch with Tesla to report this, but are not able to reach them yet. The car is currently at a towing company and my insurance company (State Farm) is going to move it to their storage facility to assess damage and determine if it is repairable. I am not aware how long will it stay there for someone (Tesla) to inspect the on-board computer which supposedly stores the records prior to the accident. If the insurance company determines this as a total loss, we are concerned that this investigation may not happen, especially since Tesla is not even reachable on the phone. We are concerned that if not properly investigated, it will be incorrectly considered as driv

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11480491
Machine
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