The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating the use of an advanced driver assistance system in a Ford Mustang Mach-E that was involved in a fatal crash on February 24 in San Antonio, Texas.
Preliminary information suggests that the ford on Interstate Highway 10 into the rear of a stationary vehicle Honda CR-V rear-ended while he partially automated was. The driver of the Honda CR-V, Jeffrey Allen Johnson, was taken to the hospital and later pronounced dead.
Ford offers BlueCruise, an advanced hands-free driving system that works on 97% of U.S. and Canadian highways without intersections or traffic lights. The NTSB is investigating the accident because of its ongoing interest in advanced driver assistance systems and how vehicle operators interact with these technologies.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Requires automakers to report all fatal accidents involving advanced driver assistance systems. Ford said they immediately reported the incident to NHTSA and are actively researching all available information. The NTSB will examine the debris and collect information about the accident scene and what happened before the collision. In recent years, the NTSB has conducted several investigations into advanced driver assistance systems, including Teslas Autopilot initiated.