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Incident 323: Tesla on Autopilot Crashed into Parked Police Car in California

Description: A Tesla sedan on Autopilot mode collided with a parked Laguna Beach Police Department car, resulting in minor injuries for its driver in Laguna Beach, California.

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Alleged: Tesla developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Laguna Beach Police Department.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
323
Report Count
4
Incident Date
2018-05-29
Editors
Khoa Lam
Applied Taxonomies
CSETv1, MIT

CSETv1 Taxonomy Classifications

Taxonomy Details

Incident Number

The number of the incident in the AI Incident Database.
 

323

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
 

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

Date of Incident Day

The day on which the incident occurred. If a precise date is unavailable, leave blank. Enter in the format of DD
 

29

Estimated Date

“Yes” if the data was estimated. “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
 

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

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Another Tesla On Autopilot Hits Another Emergency Vehicle - You Can't Make This Stuff Up
Elon Musk’s Appetite for Destruction
Another Tesla On Autopilot Hits Another Emergency Vehicle - You Can't Make This Stuff Up

Another Tesla On Autopilot Hits Another Emergency Vehicle - You Can't Make This Stuff Up

torquenews.com

Tesla in Autopilot mode crashes into parked Laguna Beach police cruiser

Tesla in Autopilot mode crashes into parked Laguna Beach police cruiser

latimes.com

Tesla hit parked police car 'while using Autopilot'

Tesla hit parked police car 'while using Autopilot'

bbc.com

Elon Musk’s Appetite for Destruction

Elon Musk’s Appetite for Destruction

nytimes.com

Another Tesla On Autopilot Hits Another Emergency Vehicle - You Can't Make This Stuff Up
torquenews.com · 2018

Another crash by one of Tesla's six-figure supercars on Autopilot has been reported. This time the Tesla Model S hit a parked police car.

The Laguna Beach Police Department reports the following via its public Facebook Page: "This morning, …

Tesla in Autopilot mode crashes into parked Laguna Beach police cruiser
latimes.com · 2018

A Tesla sedan in Autopilot mode crashed into a parked Laguna Beach Police Department vehicle Tuesday morning, authorities said.

The collision happened at 11:07 a.m. at 20652 Laguna Canyon Road, according to Laguna Police Sgt. Jim Cota. The …

Tesla hit parked police car 'while using Autopilot'
bbc.com · 2018

A Tesla car has crashed into a parked police car in California.

The driver suffered minor injuries and told police she was using the car's driver-assisting Autopilot mode.

The crash has similarities to other incidents, including a fatal cra…

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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