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2022 TESLA MODEL S — STRUCTURE:BODY

crash · 2004997 · 2024-07-05

Vehicle

Make
TESLA
Model
MODEL S
Year
2022
Manufacturer
Tesla, Inc.
Component
STRUCTURE:BODY
Speed
20 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

I was driving on the highway utilizing the full self-driving mode. There was traffic and I was behind an 18-wheeler. The 18-wheeler turned into the right lane, but because of the traffic, it couldn't completely clear the lane so the rear was slightly sticking. The Tesla stopped because it couldn't clear the lane while the 18-wheeler was sticking out. I didn't intervene because it had stopped. Then all of a sudden, it surged forward causing the Tesla's right side mirror to be hit by the 18-wheeler's back. The right side mirror's paint job was completely taken off. I didn't have time to intervene because of the sudden surge.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11599199
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown