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2020 TESLA MODEL 3 — UNKNOWN OR OTHER

crash1 injured · 2111555 · 2025-07-18

Vehicle

Make
TESLA
Model
MODEL 3
Year
2020
Manufacturer
Tesla, Inc.
Component
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Speed
5 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

Experienced sudden unintended acceleration (SUA) while parking the car. Was pulling into a parking spot at a very slow speed, approx 5 mph and the car accelerated to an extremely high speed on its own without any input from me. Tried to brake to stop the car but the car did not respond or stop or slow down. Due to the SUA event, the car crashed into the side of a building, all air bags in the car were deployed, and the car is a total loss per insurance.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11674516
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown