Incident 221: A Road Engineer Killed Following a Collision Involving a Tesla on Autopilot

Description: In Taiwan, a Tesla Model 3 on Autopilot mode whose driver did not pay attention to the road collided with a road repair truck; a road engineer immediately placed crash warnings in front of the Tesla, but soon after got hit and was killed by a BMW when its driver failed to see the sign and crashed into the accident.

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Alleged: Tesla developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed road engineer.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
221
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2022-03-07
Editors
Khoa Lam
Applied Taxonomies
GMF, MIT

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Known AI Goal Snippets

(Snippet Text: The vehicle's sensors apparently failed to detect a bright yellow road repair truck, despite its large reflectors and digital sign, and slammed into its rear., Related Classifications: Autonomous Driving)

MIT Taxonomy Classifications

Machine-Classified
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Risk Subdomain

7.3. Lack of capability or robustness

Risk Domain

  1. AI system safety, failures, and limitations

Entity

AI

Timing

Post-deployment

Intent

Unintentional

Worker dies after Tesla on autopilot collides with repair truck in northern Taiwan
taiwannews.com.tw · 2022

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autoevolution.com · 2022

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