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Incident 294: Tesla Autopilot Allegedly Malfunctioned in a Non-Fatal Collision in Greece

Description: Autopilot was alleged by its Tesla Model 3 driver to have unexpectedly malfunctioned, veering right without warning and crashing into a road divider near Thessaloniki, Greece, which resulted in damages to its wheel and door but no injury to the driver.

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Alleged: Tesla developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed You You Xue and Tesla drivers.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
294
Report Count
4
Incident Date
2018-05-26
Editors
Khoa Lam
Applied Taxonomies
CSETv1, GMF, MIT

CSETv1 Taxonomy Classifications

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Incident Number

The number of the incident in the AI Incident Database.
 

294

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

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2018

Date of Incident Month

The month 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 month, estimate. Otherwise, leave blank. Enter in the format of MM
 

05

Estimated Date

“Yes” if the data was estimated. “No” otherwise.
 

No

Multiple AI Interaction

“Yes” if two or more independently operating AI systems were involved. “No” otherwise.
 

no

MIT Taxonomy Classifications

Machine-Classified
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Risk Subdomain

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

5.1. Overreliance and unsafe use

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. Human-Computer Interaction

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

Tesla Model 3 unofficial road trip ends in crash, driver blames Autopilot+1
Facebook Post: @tsla3
Another Tesla Autopilot Crash Has Wrecked A Model 3 In GreeceGreece: Driver claims autopilot malfunction in Tesla crash
Tesla Model 3 unofficial road trip ends in crash, driver blames Autopilot

Tesla Model 3 unofficial road trip ends in crash, driver blames Autopilot

electrek.co

Facebook Post: @tsla3

Facebook Post: @tsla3

facebook.com

Another Tesla Autopilot Crash Has Wrecked A Model 3 In Greece

Another Tesla Autopilot Crash Has Wrecked A Model 3 In Greece

carthrottle.com

Greece: Driver claims autopilot malfunction in Tesla crash

Greece: Driver claims autopilot malfunction in Tesla crash

apnews.com

Tesla Model 3 unofficial road trip ends in crash, driver blames Autopilot
electrek.co · 2018

The Tesla Model 3 unofficial road trip in Europe has ended with a crash in Macedonia Greece.

The driver, who was unharmed during the crash, is blaming Autopilot for veering into the median by itself.

You You Xue, an early Tesla Model 3 owne…

Facebook Post: @tsla3
facebook.com · 2018

... guys this is it. The road trip is over. I'm sorry.

Vehicle was engaged on Autopilot at 120 km/h. Car suddenly veered right without warning and crashed into the centre median (edit: divider at the exit fork). Both wheels (edit: one wheel…

Another Tesla Autopilot Crash Has Wrecked A Model 3 In Greece
carthrottle.com · 2018

Another day, another Tesla Model 3 story – this one could be the first reported Autopilot-engaged crash outside of North America.

The Model 3 was in northern Greece with its holidaying driver, You You Xue of California. As with this fatal M…

Greece: Driver claims autopilot malfunction in Tesla crash
apnews.com · 2018

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek police say the driver of Tesla Model 3 claims the electric car’s autopilot malfunctioned before he was involved in an accident in northern Greece.

A police official said Tuesday that no other vehicle was in…

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