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11 documented incidents where type is fatality and company is Tesla, across 1 company, 2016-2026. Every row cites its source; severity runs S1 (near miss) to S5 (fatal or catastrophic). Entity pages: fatality · Tesla.

11Unique incidents

1Companies involved

S5Highest severity

100%Verified

18%From regulators

2016-2026Years covered

Incident list

Sev	Date	Company	Type	Location	Incident	Source
S5	20 Jun 2026	Tesla	fatality	Katy, TX, USA	Tesla crashes into Texas home, killing woman inside; Autopilot engagement disputed	Fortune
S5	06 Oct 2025	Tesla	fatality	Seminole County, FL, USA	Tesla driver killed after Autopilot/FSD stopped car in live highway lane, rear-ended by semi	futurism.com
S5	18 Oct 2024	Tesla	fatality	USA	US probes Tesla Full Self-Driving system after pedestrian killed	NPR
S5	19 Apr 2024	Tesla	fatality	Maltby, WA, USA	Tesla in Full Self-Driving mode killed Seattle-area motorcyclist	Reuters
S5	19 Apr 2024	Tesla	fatality	Snohomish County, WA, USA	Fatal FSD crash kills motorcyclist, Snohomish County WA · 1 fatality	Wikipedia
S5	~Nov 2023	Tesla	fatality	AZ, USA	Tesla on Full Self-Driving kills pedestrian on Arizona interstate	Carscoops
S5	18 Feb 2023	Tesla	fatality	CA, USA	California family blames Musk for son's death in Tesla Autopilot crash	The Independent
S5	16 May 2022	Tesla	fatality	CO, USA	Tesla Autopilot drove car into tree, killing Colorado man	The Denver Post
S5	25 Apr 2019	Tesla	fatality	FL, USA	Fatal Autopilot crash (2019 Key Largo crash) - Tesla later hit with $243M jury verdict	NBC News
S5	23 Mar 2018	Tesla	fatality	Mountain View, CA, USA	Autopilot fatality of Apple engineer Walter Huang, Mountain View, California · 1 fatality	NTSB
S5	07 May 2016	Tesla	fatality	Williston, FL, USA	First US Autopilot fatality: Joshua Brown, Williston, Florida · 1 fatality	NTSB

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