Tesla Record Confirms FSD/Autopilot Active in Fatal NJ Crash — SkimNews
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- Tesla Model 3 ran a stop sign in Buena Vista Township, New Jersey, struck a Honda Civic that was turning left through the intersection, and killed the Civic's driver, 82-year-old Stephen Field.
- Tesla's own vehicle record confirms Full Self-Driving or Autopilot was engaged during the crash — a detail absent from the initial police report, which classified the incident only as a failure to stop.
Why it matters: Tesla's own record confirming FSD/Autopilot was engaged during a fatal crash — while police initially reported only 'failure to stop' — means the victim's family now has access to data that didn't appear in the initial incident report. That gap between what Tesla's systems log and what gets publicly disclosed is now attached to a wrongful death, not a minor fender-bender.
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