A brand new criticism filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) particulars what seems to be the primary main crash involving a Tesla utilizing the Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta. The crash report, viewed by The Verge, comes only one week after the corporate was pressured to recall 11,704 automobiles Over an FSD-associated glitch.

According to the report, the crash allegedly concerned a Model Y car in FSD mode that crashed in Brea, California, on November 3 after mistakenly turning into the improper lane. The Tesla was then struck, resulting in the automotive being “severely damaged” on the driving force’s facet. Nobody was injured within the crash, based on the report.

Gizmodo reached out to each Tesla and the NHTSA for extra particulars on the report however has not heard again.

Car security specialists and regulators have been sounding alarm bells all yr warning of security considerations associated to Full Self-Driving. In July, Consumer Reports warned FSD lacked sufficient safeguards that have been main Tesla automobiles to overlook turns, scrape in opposition to bushes, and in some circumstances, hurl themselves in the direction of parked automobiles. Consumer Reports warned FSD security lapses posed a hazard not solely to Tesla drivers themselves, but in addition to pedestrians, cyclists, and different motorists.

Just a number of months later, U.S. National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy criticized the corporate for letting drivers request entry to the service earlier than it had overcome what the company viewed as “design shortcomings.” Homendy doubled down on these critics in an interview with CNBC in late October, and claimed Tesla’s description of FSD as “self-driving” was “misleading,” and doubtlessly inspired customers to make use of the service irresponsibly—i.e. to, because the title suggests, let the automotive drive itself.

As a reminder, Tesla has admitted its FSD solely achieves Level 2 autonomy, which is measured on a scale of 1 to five. To this level, Democratic Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Edward Markey have urged the FTC to research whether or not Tesla’s FSD categorization quantities to false promoting.

All of that is to say that, it was merely a matter of time earlier than there was a significant crash involving FSD, one thing Musk himself acknowledged in a tweet earlier this yr the place he instructed drivers to, “please be paranoid,” acknowledging that the FSD beta will deliver “unknown issues.”

The large query now could be what comes subsequent. All indicators have been pointing in the direction of an elevated urge for food for driver help and autonomous car regulation this yr, however to this point, nothing concrete has materialized. It’s virtually assured we’ll see extra crashes just like the one detailed right here involving FSD because the beta expands to even bigger audiences. Any potential accidents ensuing from these could possibly be sufficient to power regulators to behave.