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Automakers reported nearly 400 crashes of vehicles with partially automated driver-assist systems, including 273 involving Teslas, according to statistics released by U.S. safety regulators on Wednesday.
Federal regulators released new data on crashes involving autonomous vehicles and vehicles equipped with driver-assist technology. Tesla and Waymo, which have the most vehicles and drive the most miles, top the list.
There were five deaths and six serious injuries in the 392 crashes reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration from July 2021 to May 2022. Two-thirds of the crashes involved Teslas.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration cautioned against using the numbers to compare automakers, saying it didn’t weight them by the number of vehicles from each manufacturer that use the systems, or how many miles those vehicles traveled.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration releases statistics collected between July 2021 and May this year