nhtsa launches special crash investigation into fatal tesla accident in california amid concerns over advanced driver assistance systemsthe national highway traffic safety administration said tuesday it is opening a new special crash investigation into a fatal accident in california involving a 2018 tesla model 3 where advanced driver assistance systems are suspected of having been used since 2016 nhtsa has opened more than three dozen tesla special crash investigations in cases where advanced driver assistance systems such as autopilot were suspected of being used with 20 crash deaths reported advt tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment this is the first new special crash investigation open since march in that case the nhtsa said it was opening a new special investigation into a february fatal crash in california involving a tesla tslao model s in which an advanced driver assistance system was suspected of having been used the agency is investigating the crash of a 2014 model year tesla involving a fire truck in contra costa county california the fire department said a tesla struck one of its fire trucks and the tesla driver was pronounced dead at the scene in december nhtsa said it had opened two new special investigations into crashes involving tesla vehicles where advanced driver assistance systems are suspected to have been in use nhtsa typically opens more than 100 special crash investigations annually into emerging technologies and other potential auto safety issues that have for instance previously helped to develop safety rules on air bags in june the federal agency upgraded to an engineering analysis its defect probe into 830000 tesla vehicles with driver assistance system autopilot and involving crashes with parked emergency vehicles including fire trucks that step was necessary before the agency could demand a recall advt read alsotesla discounts set to power quarterly revenue growth hit profitgerman union calls for better staffing at tesla plant amid expansion planstesla to hold citizen information session on expansion plans for german plantus seeks details on changes that tesla made to autopilot driverassist system as part of crash probe reuters published on jul 18 2023 at 0839 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app tesla model 3 advanced driver assistance systems nhtsa tesla car recall california national highway traffic safety administration adas tesla autopilot self driving vehicles homenewsindustryus opens new special probe into fatal tesla crash