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Incident Tag: Model 3

Fatal Stopped Tesla Model 3 Crash with Reported Active Driver Assistance on I-4

A 43-year-old Deltona man died on October 6, 2025 after his stopped Tesla Model 3 was struck by a tractor-trailer in a live traffic lane of Interstate 4 near Lake Mary, Florida. The Florida Highway Patrol could not explain why the car was stopped. A later match to Tesla’s NHTSA filing indicates driver assistance was engaged, but the exact system, reason for stopping and causal fault remain unresolved.

Martha Avila Killed in Katy Tesla FSD Crash with Manual Acceleration Override

Martha Avila, 76, died after a Tesla Model 3 crashed into her Katy, Texas, home on June 19, 2026. The NTSB confirmed FSD (Supervised) had been engaged but was manually overridden when the driver fully depressed the accelerator; vehicle speed exceeded 70 mph in a 30-mph residential area. The driver’s manslaughter case and family product-liability claims are separate unresolved proceedings.

Stephen Field Killed in Tesla Stop-Sign Crash with Active Driver Assistance

Stephen Field, 82, died when a Tesla Model 3 failed to stop at an intersection in Buena Vista Township, New Jersey, and collided with his Honda on July 6, 2025. Police confirmed the red-light-control issue was a stop sign; later NHTSA-linked reporting identified verified Tesla driver assistance, without establishing system causation.

Fatal Tesla Autopilot Pedestrian Collision on Interstate 5 at Mission Viejo

A pedestrian was fatally struck by a Tesla Model 3 on Interstate 5 near Mission Viejo, California, on May 17, 2022. California Highway Patrol reported a freeway construction-zone collision followed by separate secondary crashes. The Tesla’s federally indexed crash record indicates driver-assistance engagement but does not assign causal fault.

Bernard Jones Killed in Tesla Crash at Marietta Bus Shelter

Bernard A. Jones was killed at a Cobb County transit shelter on September 17, 2020, when a Tesla Model 3 lost control on a wet Marietta-area roadway. Police charged the driver over speed and control; later federal crash-reporting records identified active Autopilot. No official finding establishes that the assistance system caused the fatal impact.

Jenna Monet Death in Tesla Autopilot Collision with Indiana Fire Truck

Jenna Monet, 23, died after a Tesla Model 3 using Autopilot struck a parked fire truck on Interstate 70 near Cloverdale, Indiana, on December 29, 2019. A subsequent federal court order documents the driver’s allegation that Autosteer and Traffic-Aware Cruise Control were engaged; the lawsuit was contested and no software-causation verdict is established.

Jovani Maldonado Fatal Tesla Autopilot Rear-End Crash in Fremont

Jovani Maldonado Garcia, 15, died after a Tesla Model 3 using Autopilot struck the Ford vehicle in which he was riding on Interstate 880 near Fremont on August 24, 2019. His family sued Tesla; in September 2025 the parties reached a confidential settlement before a planned jury trial, without a public causation verdict.

South Lake Tahoe Tesla Collision Kills Subaru Driver and Infant

A head-on crash involving a Tesla Model 3 and Subaru Impreza in South Lake Tahoe on July 5, 2023, killed 17-year-old Andy Martinez and, six days later, three-month-old Charlie Chhim. Federal regulators sent crash investigators because automated-driving assistance was suspected, but the available initial police records did not establish that the technology caused the collision.

Hans von Ohain Fatal Tesla Crash and Disputed Full Self-Driving Operation

Hans von Ohain, 33, died when a Tesla Model 3 left Upper Bear Creek Road near Evergreen, Colorado, on May 16, 2022. A surviving passenger described automated driving use and his widow sued Tesla. State investigators could not recover the vehicle data needed to verify which assistance features were engaged, and documented driver intoxication.