Tesla’s Robotaxis keep on crashing

Since June 2025, when Tesla started operating
its driverless Robotaxi in Austin, Texas,
it has reported 14 crashes, which
when comparing statistics, is
about nine times more often
than human drivers

Current car fleet – mostly
Tesla Model Y:
7 unsupervised
89 supervised

Austin-
Bergstrom
Airport

Austin-
Executive
Airport

Govalle

Webberville

Smokey
Mountain
Oaks

Lake
Austin
Hills

Manor

Meadows
at Berdoll

Glen Ridge

South
Congress

AUSTIN

OPERATING
ZONE

Houston

San
Antonio

Dallas

Austin

TEXAS

UNITED
STATES

6 miles
10km

125 miles
200km

Accidents reported to U.S. National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Hits another vehicle
Hits fixed object
Other

Somebody is
hospitalised

Jun
2025

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan
2026

Fleet will have travelled around 1.3 million km (800,000 miles) by mid-January
2026, which works out to one crash every 92,000km (57,000 miles). NHTSA
data shows U.S. human drivers crash once every 800,000km (500,000 miles)
on average – Robotaxi is crashing 8.7 times more frequently

Sources: Electrek, Seeking Alpha, Robotaxi Tracker, NHTSA
Picture: Tesla
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