Safety Data
Tesla Robotaxi crash statistics, sourced
Last updated October 12, 2026 · refreshed weekly · every number sourced
23 NHTSA-reported crashes, 2 with injuries, 0 deaths since the robotaxi service launched in Austin in June 2025. The critical unknown: Tesla does not disclose robotaxi mileage, so no crash-per-mile rate can be independently computed. Consumer Autopilot/FSD cars are a separate program and are not counted here.
| Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Deaths caused | 0 | No deaths in any Robotaxi-service crash since the June 2025 launch |
| Fatal crashes involved in | 0 | Consumer Autopilot / FSD cars are a separate program and are not counted here |
| Injury crashes | 2 | Jul 2025 – Mar 2026 · 2 minor-injury crashes, 1 requiring hospitalization |
| All reported crashes | 23 | 23 unique SGO incident reports from launch (Jun 2025) through mid-Aug 2026 filings, incl. a bollard/chain-fence strike in Austin. Most were other drivers' fault (rear-endings while stopped); at least 2 were caused by Tesla's remote operators. Mileage undisclosed, so no per-mile rate can be computed. |
| Crashes per million miles | n/a | Not calculable from public data — Tesla claimed 1M cumulative unsupervised miles on Sep 3 but does not break out crashes by driving mode or publish audited mileage |
| Fleet | ~300 | Tesla's first official fleet count: “scaled to 300+ Cybercabs serving Austin — an 8x increase in 30 days” (Robotaxi account on X, Oct 10) · Community tracking (RobotaxiTracker, Oct 10) counts 275 unsupervised vehicles in Austin, 105 of them Cybercabs — well below Tesla's figure · Texas registry added 150 Cybercabs on Oct 8, lifting registrations from 169 to 319 Cybercabs alongside 420 Model Ys (~739 statewide, per Teslarati); our own TxDMV daily sync still showed 589 (420 Model Y + 169 Cybercab) on its Oct 8 pull — registered ≠ deployed (TxDMV registrations via robotaxireport.com daily sync) · Tesla discloses no total fleet number |
Context
Historical context only: an early-Austin estimate (Feb 2026) put the rate around 9–18 per million miles — 14 crashes ÷ ~0.8M estimated miles, most driven with safety monitors aboard — roughly 4× a human benchmark. That estimate covers a different window, fleet, and driving mode than Waymo's figures and is not comparable to them. Robotaxis must also report every minor contact while humans only generate police reports.
source: Austin American-Statesman via GovTech · Sep 16, 2026 ↗source: Electrek / Bloomberg · Feb 2026 ↗source: Electrek · NHTSA narratives ↗source: Electrek · Jul 2026 ↗FAQ
How many crashes has Tesla's robotaxi had?
23 NHTSA Standing General Order reports. 23 unique SGO incident reports from launch (Jun 2025) through mid-Aug 2026 filings, incl. a bollard/chain-fence strike in Austin. Most were other drivers' fault (rear-endings while stopped); at least 2 were caused by Tesla's remote operators. Mileage undisclosed, so no per-mile rate can be computed.
Has a Tesla robotaxi killed anyone?
No deaths in any Robotaxi-service crash since the June 2025 launch. Consumer Autopilot / FSD cars are a separate program and are not counted here.
What is Tesla's robotaxi crash rate?
Not calculable from public data — Tesla claimed 1M cumulative unsupervised miles on Sep 3 but does not break out crashes by driving mode or publish audited mileage.
Figures come from the sourced dataset behind the Waymo vs Tesla scoreboard, updated every Monday. Crash counts are NHTSA Standing General Order reports, which record involvement, not fault. This page is informational and is not investment advice.