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Semi-autonomous cars, which have driver assistance systems, were involved in 392 accidents between July 2021 and May 2022 in the United States. During this period, five people were killed and six others were seriously injured as a result of these collisions.
The information is contained in an unprecedented report published Wednesday (15) by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
According to the document, cars Tesla They are involved in about 70% of accidents. The company was founded by a billionaire Elon Musk It has about 830,000 semi-autonomous vehicles in circulation in the United States.
Car accidents Tesla They occurred while activating systems such as autopilot and “full autonomous driving”. Despite their name, they don’t make cars drive themselves and drivers should always be on the lookout to get involved.
Next is Honda, which has reported 90 crashes. The company claims to have 6 million vehicles in circulation in the United States with driving assistance resources. Subaru has recorded 10 accidents and other automakers have had 5 or less.
The records were submitted by the automakers pursuant to an order issued by NHTSA in June 2021. The agency decided that more than 100 companies must report accidents and analyze data to assess the need to create new regulations.
The agency cautioned that companies cannot be compared because the report does not take into account the number of semi-autonomous vehicles per company or the total distance traveled.
The NTHSA report also provided information about accidents involving fully self-driving cars, which have not yet been sold. In one year, 130 collisions were reported by 25 companies testing these vehicles.
The document stated that one person was seriously injured in these accidents. And in 108 collisions with self-driving cars, no one was hurt.
The methodcontrols it the alphabet, from Google, is at the top of that list with 62 accidents. Here are Transdev Alternative Services with 34 collisions and GM’s Cruise LLC with 23 cases.
