More Fatal Crashes Linked to Tesla’s Automated Technology

The National Highway Safety Administration released new data indicating that 10 people were killed in the United States in crashes involving vehicles that were using automated driving systems. The crashes all took place during a four-month period earlier this year between mid-May and September of this year.

Each of the 10 deaths involved vehicles made by Tesla, though it is unclear from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s data whether the technology itself was at fault or whether driver error might have been responsible.

An 11th fatal crash appears in the data involving a Ford pickup truck, but it was later found that Ford reported the incident too quickly and that the pickup was not actually equipped with the automaker’s partial self-driving tech.

The 10 deaths included four crashes involving motorcycles that occurred during the spring and summer. Two fatalities happened in Florida and one each in California and Utah.

Safety advocates note that the deaths of motorcyclists in crashes involving Tesla vehicles using automated driver-assist systems such as Autopilot have been increasing.