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NHTSA publishes first nationwide assisted-driving crash dataset

NHTSA released its first required crash reports for Level 2 driver assistance and higher automation, including 392 assisted-driving crashes led by 273 Tesla reports.

CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
AWAY FROM DOOM48confidence 98/100

Why it moved the index

Mandatory national reporting created a durable transparency and oversight mechanism for consequential vehicle automation and exposed the scale of incidents associated with deployed systems. NHTSA cautioned that exposure and reporting differences prevented direct manufacturer safety comparisons.

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Assessment history

  1. R1
    Away 48 · confidence 98

    New June 2022 national automation-safety transparency event absent from the durable corpus.

    12 Aug 2026