--- title: "Self-Driving Tesla Causes Eight-Vehicle Crash, Injures Child" description: "New footage just dropped of a Tesla self-driving accident that caused a pileup on the San Francisco Bay Bridge and resulted in a toddler being injured." date: "2023-01-10" modified: "2023-01-10" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/self-driving-tesla-crash-footage" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Self-Driving Vehicles" - "Tesla" tags: - "elon musk" - "full self-driving" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Self-Driving Tesla Causes Eight-Vehicle Crash, Injures Child ![New footage just dropped of a Tesla self-driving accident that caused a pileup on the San Francisco Bay Bridge and resulted in a toddler being injured.]() *\Image: Robin van Greenen / Futurism\* ## Found Footage New footage just dropped of a Tesla self-driving accident that caused a pileup on the San Francisco Bay Bridge — a serious accident that even resulted in a toddler being injured. Obtained [by *The Intercept*]() via a California Public Records Act request, the security camera footage of the November 24, 2022 crash seems to corroborate eyewitness accounts, with the car abruptly switching into the fast lane of one of the bridge's underpasses before braking, leading to an eight-car pileup. As the *Intercept*'s report notes, nine people — including a two-year-old child — were [injured in the accident](). https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1612848872061128704 The Thanksgiving Day accident occurred just hours after Tesla CEO [took to Twitter]() to announce that the company's controversial full self-driving (FSD) beta testing would be available to any North American driver who requested it. According to a [California Highway Patrol report](), the driver told police that he'd been using FSD when suddenly, the car's left turn signal and brakes activated. The driver also seemed to suggest that the car drove itself into the left-most lane before "slowing to a stop" right in front of another car, catalyzing the pileup. ## Tell Me Why This latest example of the growing problem surrounding Tesla's Autopilot and FSD capabilities is particularly egregious because of its timing on Thanksgiving Day — and on the very day Musk expanded it to all North American users. Add in this new footage and this accident becomes a picture-perfect example of why federal authorities and consumers alike are [so concerned]() about Tesla's automation efforts, which federal regulators [suspect to be way more deadly]() than assisted driving software offered by other electric vehicle manufacturers. The *Intercept* report notes that in spite of this increasingly-alarming problem, however, there still aren't any federal regulations about autonomous vehicle testing on the books, though some states have [begun implementing their own restrictions](). **More on Tesla:** [*Tesla Sighs and Lets Customers Have a Normal Steering Wheel Instead of Weird Misshapen Yoke Thing*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()