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Incident 153: Tesla Driver on Autopilot Ran a Red Light, Crashing into a Car and Killing Two People in Los Angeles

Description: In 2019, a Tesla Model S driver on Autopilot mode reportedly went through a red light and crashed into a Honda Civic, killing two people in Gardena, Los Angeles.

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Alleged: Tesla developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Gilberto Alcazar Lopez and Maria Guadalupe Nieves-Lopez.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
153
Report Count
4
Incident Date
2019-12-29
Editors
Khoa Lam
Applied Taxonomies
CSETv1, GMF, MIT

CSETv1 Taxonomy Classifications

Taxonomy Details

Incident Number

The number of the incident in the AI Incident Database.
 

153

AI Tangible Harm Level Notes

Notes about the AI tangible harm level assessment
 

3.3 - Criminal charging documents do not mention Autopilot. However, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirmed that Autopilot was in use in the Tesla at the time of the crash.

Special Interest Intangible Harm

An assessment of whether a special interest intangible harm occurred. This assessment does not consider the context of the intangible harm, if an AI was involved, or if there is characterizable class or subgroup of harmed entities. It is also not assessing if an intangible harm occurred. It is only asking if a special interest intangible harm occurred.
 

no

Date of Incident Year

The year in which the incident occurred. If there are multiple harms or occurrences of the incident, list the earliest. If a precise date is unavailable, but the available sources provide a basis for estimating the year, estimate. Otherwise, leave blank. Enter in the format of YYYY
 

2019

MIT Taxonomy Classifications

Machine-Classified
Taxonomy Details

Risk Subdomain

A further 23 subdomains create an accessible and understandable classification of hazards and harms associated with AI
 

7.3. Lack of capability or robustness

Risk Domain

The Domain Taxonomy of AI Risks classifies risks into seven AI risk domains: (1) Discrimination & toxicity, (2) Privacy & security, (3) Misinformation, (4) Malicious actors & misuse, (5) Human-computer interaction, (6) Socioeconomic & environmental harms, and (7) AI system safety, failures & limitations.
 
  1. AI system safety, failures, and limitations

Entity

Which, if any, entity is presented as the main cause of the risk
 

AI

Timing

The stage in the AI lifecycle at which the risk is presented as occurring
 

Post-deployment

Intent

Whether the risk is presented as occurring as an expected or unexpected outcome from pursuing a goal
 

Unintentional

Incident Reports

Reports Timeline

Incident OccurrenceFelony charges are 1st in a fatal crash involving Autopilot+1
A Tesla driver who had his car on Autopilot in a fatal crash faces manslaughter charges, report says
Elon Musk’s Appetite for Destruction
Felony charges are 1st in a fatal crash involving Autopilot

Felony charges are 1st in a fatal crash involving Autopilot

apnews.com

A Tesla driver who had his car on Autopilot in a fatal crash faces manslaughter charges, report says

A Tesla driver who had his car on Autopilot in a fatal crash faces manslaughter charges, report says

businessinsider.com

Tesla driver pleads not guilty in deadly crash while autopilot was engaged

Tesla driver pleads not guilty in deadly crash while autopilot was engaged

abc7.com

Elon Musk’s Appetite for Destruction

Elon Musk’s Appetite for Destruction

nytimes.com

Felony charges are 1st in a fatal crash involving Autopilot
apnews.com · 2022

DETROIT (AP) — California prosecutors have filed two counts of vehicular manslaughter against the driver of a Tesla on Autopilot who ran a red light, slammed into another car and killed two people in 2019.

The defendant appears to be the fi…

A Tesla driver who had his car on Autopilot in a fatal crash faces manslaughter charges, report says
businessinsider.com · 2022

A Tesla driver who had his car on Autopilot in a crash that killed two people will stand trial on two counts of manslaughter in Los Angeles, Fox Business reported.

The fatal accident in 2019 occurred when Kevin George Aziz Riad, 27, was dri…

Tesla driver pleads not guilty in deadly crash while autopilot was engaged
abc7.com · 2022

GARDENA, Calif. (KABC) -- A Tesla driver who was behind the wheel with autopilot engaged when his vehicle crashed and killed two people in Gardena pleaded not guilty Thursday.

Kevin George Aziz Riad, 27, is accused of running a red light an…

Elon Musk’s Appetite for Destruction
nytimes.com · 2023

Early on, the software had the regrettable habit of hitting police cruisers. No one knew why, though Tesla’s engineers had some good guesses: Stationary objects and flashing lights seemed to trick the A.I. The car would be driving along nor…

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A "variant" is an incident that shares the same causative factors, produces similar harms, and involves the same intelligent systems as a known AI incident. Rather than index variants as entirely separate incidents, we list variations of incidents under the first similar incident submitted to the database. Unlike other submission types to the incident database, variants are not required to have reporting in evidence external to the Incident Database. Learn more from the research paper.

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