Yoshihiro Umeda killed by Tesla Model X operating on Autopilot in Japan
Yoshihiro Umeda, 44, was killed on the Tomei Expressway on April 29, 2018 when a Tesla Model X with Autopilot engaged hit people stopped after an earlier crash. The driver was convicted of negligence; the family’s U.S. product-liability suit was dismissed on forum grounds, without deciding Tesla’s fault.
Gardena Tesla Autopilot Collision Kills Two at Intersection
A Tesla Model S using Autopilot ran a red light in Gardena, California, on December 29, 2019, striking a Honda Civic and killing Gilberto Alcazar Lopez and Maria Guadalupe Nieves-Lopez. The Tesla driver pleaded no contest to felony vehicular manslaughter and received probation; no court found Tesla itself criminally responsible.