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2021 TESLA MODEL Y — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

crash1 injured · 2259909 · 2026-10-23

Vehicle

Make
TESLA
Model
MODEL Y
Year
2021
Manufacturer
Tesla, Inc.
Component
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Speed
7 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
Yes
Vehicle towed
Yes

Narrative

On XXX, at approximately 10:21 PM, my wife was driving our 2021 Tesla Model Y at low speed (about 7 mph) through the front roundabout of a school in [XXX]. She reports that the vehicle then accelerated rapidly on its own to approximately 35 mph and struck a fence and a tree. She states she did not command this acceleration and attempted to slow the vehicle. The airbags deployed and the vehicle was totaled. She was evaluated at an emergency room and released with no serious injuries. We obtained Tesla's Incident Data Report for the crash. Tesla's data indicates the accelerator pedal was applied up to 100% in the final seconds, which the driver disputes. The data also shows the accelerator reading remained at approximately 90-100% for several minutes AFTER the impact, while the vehicle was stationary and unoccupied, and when the vehicle was inspected two days later the accelerator pedal was found sitting in a depressed position. The floor mat was flat and clear of the pedals. I am filing this complaint to document the incident for NHTSA's pattern review, including the post-crash pedal condition. The complete Tesla data package (incident report, full data export, event data recorder file, and camera recordings) is preserved and available to investigators on request. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11773127
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown