U.S. regulators announce investigation conclusion: Tesla fatal crash was caused by driver error
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Wednesday that in June this year, a car in Katy, Texas The Model 3 crashed into a home at high speed, killing a 76-year-old woman. The driver of the vehicle involved manually turned off and bypassed the vehicle's advanced driver assistance system. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board concluded based on electronic driving data extracted from the vehicle that the 44-year-old driver turned on the supervisory version of FSD function at the time, but at the same time pressed the accelerator pedal to the bottom, artificially forcibly lifting the FSD speed control limit. The 2025 Tesla was traveling at more than 70 mph (113 km/h) when it crashed. This preliminary investigation conclusion confirms Tesla’s statement that the root cause of the accident was the driver’s human error. The house where the incident occurred is located on a two-lane road in a residential area with a speed limit of only 30 mph. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has investigated multiple Tesla traffic accidents where driver assistance systems were turned on. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is also investigating the crash.