December 16, 2025, 8:20 PM EST. Tesla filed a new crash involving its Robotaxi fleet in Austin with the NHTSA under a Standing General Order, marking the eighth incident in October 2025. The filing shows no reported injuries, but the narrative is largely redacted, a pattern Tesla has used to limit details. With roughly 250,000 miles logged, the fleet's crash rate is about one crash per ~40,000 miles-far above the ~500,000 miles per crash typical for the average US driver. Tesla is also preparing to remove the human safety supervisors from the vehicles as it pushes ahead with its auto-directed ADS program, drawing renewed scrutiny over safety and transparency.
