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2023 TESLA MODEL Y — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

crash1 injured · 2145405 · 2025-11-03

Vehicle

Make
TESLA
Model
MODEL Y
Year
2023
Manufacturer
Tesla, Inc.
Component
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

Severity

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

Narrative

Pulled into hospital parking garage. Stopped to pull parking ticket. When the parking gate was raised, Tesla immediately took off at very high uncontrolled speed. Basically a runaway vehicle. There was no accerlation on my part. Brakes did not work. Hit parked car in the garage about 300 feet from the parking gate. I was taken to hospital with broken wrist. Car has been totaled.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11697204
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown