Autonomous Vehicle and ADAS Safety Incidents Tracker
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July 2026
Automotive & Electric Vehicles
Confirmed safety incidents involving autonomous vehicles and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), structured each month from NHTSA filings, state DMV reports, and automotive press. Covered events include robotaxi crashes, AV sensor failures, NHTSA special crash investigations, and recall-triggering software defects. Each record includes vehicle type and manufacturer name (combined in a single "Vehicle / Manufacturer" field — values may be a vehicle type such as "small van" or a specific model such as "Tesla Model 3"), incident date, location, severity classification, and source. Incidents are included only where an authoritative filing or official report confirms autonomous or semi-autonomous system involvement.
Autonomous vehicle or self-driving car crash incident or ADAS safety investigation reported
Automotive safety regulators and policy researchers use it to monitor AV deployment risk by system type and manufacturer. Insurers pricing autonomous vehicle risk track incident frequency and severity across the fleet. Journalists covering AV safety use it as a structured, sourced record of confirmed events. Automotive OEMs and AV developers use it for competitive safety benchmarking.
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<table class="catchall-table"><thead><tr><th style="min-width:40px">#</th><th style="min-width:280px">Event</th><th style="min-width:160px">Vehicle Model</th><th style="min-width:160px">Summary</th><th style="min-width:160px">Injuries</th><th style="min-width:160px">Event Date</th><th style="min-width:160px">Deaths</th><th style="min-width:160px">Involved Company</th><th style="min-width:160px">Investigation Body</th><th style="min-width:160px">Incident Type</th><th style="min-width:160px">Location</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:40px">1</td><td style="min-width:280px">Driverless STCP Bus Crashes into Building in Porto</td><td style="min-width:160px">bus</td><td style="min-width:160px">A driverless STCP bus crashed into the Order of the Trinity building in Porto, also hitting a motorcycle and a van. The Porto Public Transport Company (STCP) has launched an internal investigation into the incident, which occurred when no one was on board.</td><td style="min-width:160px">0</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-07-22</td><td style="min-width:160px">0</td><td style="min-width:160px">Porto Public Transport Company (STCP)</td><td style="min-width:160px">Porto Public Transport Company (STCP)</td><td style="min-width:160px">crash</td><td style="min-width:160px">Porto</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">2</td><td style="min-width:280px">Motorcyclist Killed by Tesla in Autopilot in Austin</td><td style="min-width:160px">Tesla</td><td style="min-width:160px">A motorcyclist died in Austin, TX, after a tire blowout and was struck by a Tesla in autopilot mode.</td><td style="min-width:160px">0</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-07-28</td><td style="min-width:160px">1</td><td style="min-width:160px">Tesla</td><td style="min-width:160px">Texas Department of Public Safety</td><td style="min-width:160px">collision</td><td style="min-width:160px">Austin, TX, State Highway 130, Travis County</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">3</td><td style="min-width:280px">E-bike rider killed in crash with Tesla at Burbank intersection</td><td style="min-width:160px">Tesla</td><td style="min-width:160px">A person riding an electric motorcycle was killed and another was injured in a collision with a Tesla late Tuesday.</td><td style="min-width:160px">1</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-07-29</td><td style="min-width:160px">1</td><td style="min-width:160px">Tesla</td><td style="min-width:160px">Burbank Police Department</td><td style="min-width:160px">collision</td><td style="min-width:160px">Burbank</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">4</td><td style="min-width:280px">Motorcyclist injured in Tesla-motorcycle collision in Bender</td><td style="min-width:160px">Tesla</td><td style="min-width:160px">A Tesla car collided with a BMW motorcycle in Bender on July 24, 2026, injuring the motorcyclist.</td><td style="min-width:160px">1</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-07-24</td><td style="min-width:160px">0</td><td style="min-width:160px">Tesla</td><td style="min-width:160px">Bender Police Directorate</td><td style="min-width:160px">collision</td><td style="min-width:160px">Bender</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">5</td><td style="min-width:280px">Tesla crash injures two in Ukraine</td><td style="min-width:160px">Tesla</td><td style="min-width:160px">A Tesla car drove into a ditch and crashed into a tree near Lalovo, Mukachevo district, injuring a two-year-old girl.</td><td style="min-width:160px">2</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-07-13</td><td style="min-width:160px">0</td><td style="min-width:160px">Tesla</td><td style="min-width:160px">National Police in Zakarpattia Oblast</td><td style="min-width:160px">crash</td><td style="min-width:160px">Lalovo, Mukachevo district, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine</td></tr><tr class="catchall-blurred"><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td></tr><tr class="catchall-blurred"><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td></tr><tr class="catchall-blurred"><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h3>What counts as an incident in this Tracker?</h3><p>Any confirmed safety event involving an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle that resulted in a crash, regulatory investigation, or recall – including events reported to NHTSA under the AV standing general order.</p><h3>Does this include Tesla Autopilot and FSD incidents?</h3><p>Yes. ADAS incidents from all manufacturers are included – not only Level 4/5 autonomous vehicles. Tesla FSD, GM Super Cruise, Ford BlueCruise, and other driver assistance systems are all covered.</p><h3>How quickly are new incidents added after they are reported?</h3><p>Most incidents appear in the dataset within the same monthly cycle as their public disclosure, typically within days of the NHTSA filing or press report.</p><h3>What is the refresh rate of this dataset?</h3><p>We rerun this dataset once a month. You can create your own dataset that updates as frequently as every one hour on <a href="https://platform.newscatcherapi.com/catchall">platform.newscatcherapi.com/catchall</a></p>