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Public story · 2026-09-08 · high
Tesla's NHTSA filing logs the Model 3 doing 4 mph when it ran the stop sign that killed Stephen Field, 82, in Buena Vista Township.
Why now: NHTSA's separate review of how Tesla reports Autopilot and FSD crashes was still open when Electrek published this filing on September 7, 2026.
Tesla told NHTSA driver-assist was active when a 2019 Model 3 ran a stop sign in Buena Vista Township, killing 82-year-old Stephen Field. The car was logged at 4 mph on July 6, 2025, before it hit a Honda Civic that was turning left.
The filing marks driver-assist "Verified Engaged" but redacts which system was running, citing confidential business information. That gap decides whether this was Autopilot or Full Self-Driving, two systems with different capabilities and different legal stakes.
Electrek's report on the filing argues it was likely FSD, since Autopilot doesn't respond to stop signs. That reasoning comes from how the systems work, not something Tesla's filing states, and NHTSA hasn't said which system it was either.
NHTSA is running a separate review of how Tesla reports Autopilot and FSD crashes. This filing became public while that review was still open; Electrek's report doesn't say when the review might conclude.
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