Tesla reported three more crashes involving its Robotaxis in Austin, Texas – now bringing the total to 7 incidents despite low mileage and in-car supervisors preventing more accidents.
Since the launch of the ‘Robotaxi’ service in Austin, Texas, where Tesla moved the supervisor from the driver’s seat to the passenger seat, it now has to report crashes to NHTSA.
In the first month of operation in July, Tesla reported three crashes with its Robotaxi service.
The automaker reported one more Robotaxi crash last month, and this one was interesting because it coincided with Tesla announcing that the Robotaxi fleet had traveled 250,000 miles from its launch in late June to early November.
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It revealed Tesla’s current Robotaxi crash rate, which is about 2x higher than Waymo’s, despite in-car supervisors that prevent an unknown number of crashes.
Now, Tesla has reported to NHTSA three more incidents that happened with the Robotaxi fleet in Austin in September:
Report ID Incident Date Incident Time (24:00) City State Crash With Highest Injury Severity Alleged SV Pre-Crash Movement CP Pre-Crash Movement Narrative 13781-1178 7 SEP-2025 13:08 Austin TX Animal No Injured Reported Stopped NM Crossing Roadway [REDACTED, MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION] 13781-1178 6 SEP-2025 03:43 Austin TX Non-Motorist: Cyclist Property Damage. No Injured Reported Stopped Moving Alongside Roadway [REDACTED, MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION] 13781-1178 4 SEP-2025 20:42 Austin TX Passenger Car Property Damage. No Injured Reported Proceeding Straight Backing [REDACTED, MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION] 13781-1168 7 SEP-2025 01:25 Austin TX Other Fixed Object Property Damage. No Injured Reported Making Left Turn NaN [REDACTED, MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION] 13781-1150 7 JUL-2025 03:45 Austin TX SUV Property Damage. No Injured Reported Stopped Proceeding Straight [REDACTED, MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION] 13781-1145 9 JUL-2025 12:20 Austin TX Other Fixed Object Minor W/O Hospit alization Other, see Narrative NaN [REDACTED, MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION] 13781-1137 5 JUL-2025 15:15 Austin TX SUV Property Damage. No Injured Reported Making Right Turn Making Right Turn [REDACTED, MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION]
Unlike other companies reporting to NHTSA, Tesla abuses the right to redact data reported through the system. The automaker redacts the “narrative” for each reported crash, preventing the public from knowing how the crashes happened and who is responsible.
Based on the limited information in Tesla’s reports, we know that one of the new crashes involved a Robotaxi driving into a car backing up, another involved a cyclist, and the last one involved an unknown animal.
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