Tesla accident kills person | NHTSA conducts investigation

Another fatal Tesla accident occurred in the United States and is being investigated by the US agency NHTSA.

the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched an investigation into the fatal accident involving a Tesla, reports Techcrunch. Other accidents related to Tesla’s Autopilot examined this authority.

This is a collision between a person who was walking and a 2018 Tesla Model 3. The person walked in at the accident California about life. The investigation now directs NHTSA’s Special Crash Investigation (SCI) program. There are currently 45 SCI cases to be investigated that have to do with assistance systems or autonomous driving. 36 of the 45 cases involve Tesla. Eleven Tesla crashes caused 15 fatalities.

Tesla always advertises that using the autopilot would protect human life. The US authority recently discovered new incidents in which the Tesla vehicles collided with rescue vehicles. Therefore, a technical analysis will now be carried out and further data sets will be evaluated. In the same way, the NHTSA is also investigating whether Tesla’s systems could exacerbate human behavior safety risks by violating driving supervision.

This is the prelude to a Tesla vehicle recall that the agency may initiate. 830,000 Tesla vehicles could be affected in this way.

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