Level 1. Deviation
SF man operating self-driving Tesla hits, kills pedestrian on I-80, CHP says
- Developer
- Not established
- Model
- Not established
- When it happened
- Not established
- When it was disclosed
- October 24, 2026
- How well it is stood up
- Not verified yet
- What caused it
- Not established
- Where it stands now
- Not established
What happened
Reported by sfchronicle.com, dated 2026-10-24. Listed here with a link to their report. Nobody on this side has checked it against that report, so it carries no level and this is not our account of what happened.
Our assessment
- Actual
- 1 of 5Deviation
- Potential
- 1 of 5Deviation
The system behaved contrary to its instructions, and it stayed contained. The potential level is what the behaviour demonstrated here could credibly have led to, judged from the same evidence.
This level rests on news reports. The developer has not confirmed it here.
Why this level
Every record starts at level 1. No fact in the sources raised it.
What is established, and what is not
No structured facts are recorded for this one yet.
Where this came from
The original report · read October 26, 2026
S.F. Tesla driver who fatally struck man crossing highway said car was in full-self-driving modeA structured incident database
AI Incident Database, own page, not yet readWhere we first saw it
SF man operating self-driving Tesla hits, kills pedestrian on I-80, CHP saysWhere we first saw it
Vallejo man hit, killed by Tesla under self-driving mode identified
The reports above are other people’s. The levels are ours, worked out under our published rules. No organisation that reported this assigned our number, and none of it is legal advice.
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