Tesla Robotaxi Fleet Reports 5 New Crashes in Austin, Total Reaches 14 Since June 2025 Launch
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Tesla has reported five new crashes involving its Robotaxi fleet in Austin, Texas, bringing the total to 14 incidents since the service launched in June 2025. The NHTSA data reveals that Tesla quietly upgraded one earlier crash to include a hospitalization injury, which was never publicly disclosed. The crash rate for Tesla's Robotaxis is approximately four times worse than human drivers in Austin, with the trend showing no improvement despite the company's claims of safety improvements.
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The newly filed NHTSA data also reveals that Tesla quietly upgraded one earlier crash to include a hospitalization injury, something the company never disclosed publicly.
The crash rate for Tesla's Robotaxis is approximately four times worse than human drivers in Austin.
The new data comes from the latest update to NHTSA's Standing General Order (SGO) incident report database for automated driving systems (ADS).
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