NHTSA对弗吉尼亚州致命的特斯拉Model Y撞车事故展开特别调查

美国东部时间 2023年8 月 11 日上午 10：53

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美国国家公路交通安全管理局（NHTSA）表示，它正在对一起涉及特斯拉Model Y撞上重型卡车的致命事故展开特别事故调查。

美国汽车安全监管机构正在调查7月19日的致命车祸，其中特斯拉的司机在弗吉尼亚州沃伦顿撞上一辆拖拉机拖车后死亡。据路透社报道，NHTSA有理由怀疑特斯拉在撞入卡车时依赖Autopilot高级驾驶员辅助系统。

福基尔县警长办公室说，这名57岁的特斯拉司机在拖拉机拖车试图从卡车停靠站转向高速公路后被杀。Model Y撞到侧面并陷入拖车下方，导致驾驶员死亡。拖拉机拖车的司机因鲁莽驾驶而被传票。

这是NHTSA自2016年以来对涉嫌使用Autopilot等驾驶员辅助系统的三十多起特斯拉特别事故调查中的最新一起。迄今为止，所有这些车祸中总共有23人死亡。

NHTSA于7月5日对2018年在加利福尼亚州南太浩湖发生的涉及特斯拉Model 3的致命车祸进行了另一次特别的调查。这名17岁的斯巴鲁翼豹司机在与特斯拉Model 3正面相撞后丧生。一名乘坐特斯拉的三个月大的婴儿也在几天后，因事故造成的伤口而死亡。

该机构通常每年对新兴技术和其他潜在安全问题进行100多次特别事故调查。例如，这些调查以前有助于制定安全气囊的安全规则。这些调查不同于NHTSA为确定是否需要安全召回而进行的缺陷调查。

6月，NHTSA升级为工程分析，其缺陷调查涉及八十三万辆特斯拉汽车的自动驾驶仪，以及与停放的紧急车辆（包括消防车）的碰撞。该调查于 2020 年 8 月开始。

特斯拉的自动驾驶仪是一种高级驾驶辅助系统 （ADAS），可以在车道内自动转向、加速和制动汽车。此外，增强的自动驾驶仪，可以帮助在高速公路上改变车道。尽管该系统的名称可能具有误导性，但特斯拉坚持认为，Autopilot始终需要积极的人类监督。

来源：路透社

NHTSA Opens Special Probe Into Fatal Tesla Model Y Crash In Virginia

The agency suspects the Tesla was using Autopilot when it smashed into a tractor-trailer truck in Warrenton, Virginia, on July 19.

Aug 11, 2023 at 10:53am ET

By: Dan Mihalascu

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it is opening a special crash investigation into a deadly accident involving a Tesla Model Y that smashed into a heavy truck.

The US auto safety regulator is probing the July 19 fatal crash in which the driver of the Tesla died after striking a tractor-trailer truck in Warrenton, Virginia. According to Reuters, NHTSA has reasons to suspect the Tesla was relying on the Autopilot advanced driver assistance system when it plowed into the truck.

The 57-year-old Tesla driver was killed after the tractor trailer was attempting to turn onto a highway from a truck stop, the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office said. The Model Y struck the side and went underneath the trailer, resulting in the driver's death. The driver of the tractor trailer was issued a summons for reckless driving.

This is the latest in more than three dozen Tesla special crash investigations the NHTSA has opened since 2016 in cases were driver-assistance systems such as Autopilot were suspected of being used. To date, 23 deaths were reported in all these crashes.

NHTSA last month opened another special crash probe into a July 5 deadly crash in South Lake Tahoe, California involving a 2018 Tesla Model 3. The 17-year-old driver of a Subaru Impreza was killed after a head-on collision with the Tesla Model 3. A three-month-old infant who was riding in the Tesla also died several days later from wounds caused by the accident.

The agency typically opens more than 100 special crash investigations annually into emerging technologies and other potential safety issues. These investigations previously helped to develop safety rules on airbags, for example. These investigations are distinct from defect investigations opened by NHTSA to determine if a safety recall is necessary.

In June, NHTSA upgraded to an engineering analysis its defect probe into 830,000 Tesla vehicles with Autopilot and crashes with parked emergency vehicles, including fire trucks. The probe was first opened in August 2020. 

Tesla's Autopilot is an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) that can steer, accelerate, and brake cars automatically within their lane; there's also enhanced Autopilot that can assist in changing lanes on highways. Despite the system's potentially misleading name, Tesla maintains that Autopilot requires active human supervision at all times.

Source: Reuters