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Tesla Confirmed Driver-Assist Was 'Verified Engaged' in a Fatal Stop-Sign Crash, Then Redacted Which System It Was
Electrek reported September 7 on a NHTSA filing for a July 6, 2025 crash in Buena Vista Township, New Jersey, where a 2019 Model 3 ran a stop sign at a logged pre-crash speed of 4 mph and struck a Honda Civic turning left, killing 82-year-old driver Stephen Field. Tesla's report confirms the driver-assist system was 'Verified Engaged' but redacts the software version as confidential business information; the article argues it was likely FSD since only FSD responds to stop signs. NHTSA is separately investigating how Tesla reports Autopilot/FSD crashes, and pushed a roughly 54,000-vehicle recall over rolling-stop behavior in 2022. Single-outlet reporting on a redacted filing, so treat the FSD attribution as inference.
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