Autonomous Vehicle and ADAS Safety Incidents Tracker
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May 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, manufacturer, 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 May 2026
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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<tr><td style="min-width:40px">1</td><td style="min-width:200px">Karsan e-ATAK</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">Crash</td><td style="min-width:200px">Gothenburg, Sweden</td><td style="min-width:300px">A Karsan e-ATAK self-driving bus was rear-ended by a tram in Gothenburg, Sweden, on its first day of operation. No injuries were reported, and the incident is under investigation.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2026-05-25</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.newsbreak.com/newser-363861062/4673088535503-on-first-day-self-driving-bus-is-slammed-by-tram" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Source</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="min-width:40px">2</td><td style="min-width:200px">microbus</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">Crash</td><td style="min-width:200px">Fukushima Prefecture</td><td style="min-width:300px">Fukushima Prefectural Police investigated a microbus accident on the Ban'etsu Self-Driving Road on May 7, 2026, involving violations resulting in death and injury.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2026-05-07</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://m.163.com/news/article/KSBA3OM50511A0MG.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Source</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="min-width:40px">3</td><td style="min-width:200px">small van</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">Crash</td><td style="min-width:200px">Tiefenbach, Passau</td><td style="min-width:300px">A small van veered off the road and clipped a guardrail, with the driver attributing the accident to the lane keeping assistant.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2026-05-08</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.pnp.de/lokales/landkreis-passau/transporter-landet-in-schutzplanke-21103888" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Source</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="min-width:40px">4</td><td style="min-width:200px">Tesla Model 3</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">Crash</td><td style="min-width:200px">United States</td><td style="min-width:300px">A Tesla Model 3 crashed in the United States after the driver fell asleep while using the Autopilot feature, leading to a drunk driving detention.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2026-05-02</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://panapress.org/2026/05/03/tesla-autopilot-fails-drunk-driver-what-nigeria-must-learn" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Source</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="min-width:40px">5</td><td style="min-width:200px">Fiat 500</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">Crash</td><td style="min-width:200px">Rome, Italy</td><td style="min-width:300px">A 35-year-old man was fatally hit by a car on Rome's Grande Raccordo Anulare on May 3, 2026, after stopping to assist people involved in a previous self-driving car accident. Three other people were injured in the initial incident.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2026-05-03</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.zazoom.it/2026-05-03/incidente-sul-gra-35enne-travolto-e-ucciso-dopo-essersi-fermato-a-soccorrere-un-altro-automobilista/19114423" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Source</a></td></tr>
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<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>