Kayleigh Page Fatal Tesla Road Departure with Active Driving Assistance
Kayleigh Page, 29, died when her Tesla Model Y left Alabama Highway 157, struck trees and caught fire on December 7, 2025. Her infant passenger survived after a passerby rescued her. Electrek matched the fatality with a manufacturer NHTSA filing showing verified driver assistance; no technical finding determines why the car left the road.
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.
Leonidas Davis Killed in Motorcycle Crash Involving Tesla Driver Assistance
Leonidas Davis, 55, died following a motorcycle collision at a Moraine, Ohio, intersection on July 23, 2025. Local police reported a motorcycle–vehicle collision; Electrek subsequently matched the incident to a Tesla Model X federal crash report with verified driver-assistance engagement. A software fault has not been established.
Maggie Espinosa Fatal Collision Involving Tesla Driver Assistance in Batavia
Maggie Espinosa, 37, died after a three-vehicle intersection crash in Batavia, Illinois, on March 25, 2026. Electrek matched the incident to a Tesla NHTSA submission marking Level 2 driver assistance verified engaged. The precise system and whether it controlled the turn are not established; the local police investigation remained under review.
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.
Four Family Members Killed in Tesla Head-On Collision in Idaho
Jennifer Blaine, Emily Blaine Leavitt, Zachary Leavitt and Denali Blaine died when their Tesla Model X crossed the centerline of Idaho State Highway 33 on September 1, 2023. Relatives sued Tesla, alleging deficiencies in Autosteer and other driver-assistance features, without a judicial finding that assistance technology caused the collision.