Safety
Tesla had reported 14 Robotaxi crashes in Austin to NHTSA, the US road-safety agency, since the June 2025 launch. Tesla blacked out the descriptions of the five newest as confidential.
A crash, recall, injury or investigation
What the source says
“Tesla submitted five new crash reports in January 2026, covering incidents from December 2025 and January 2026.”
What it means
Tesla Robotaxi, from Tesla, is at stage 4 of 5 on our ladder: paying customers. Safety events don't move a stage on their own, but they stay on the robot's record.
Human help: A staff member rides along, ready to stop it.
More on Tesla Robotaxi
- NHTSA, the US road-safety agency, was weighing an investigation into claims that Tesla Robotaxis speed through active school zones, covering about 1,000 Model Y and Cybercab vehicles.
- Tesla said its Robotaxi service had driven nearly 2 million miles in total with no one supervising by the end of the third quarter of 2026.
- Nevada's Transportation Authority approved Tesla to run up to 5,000 fully driverless cars for paid rides in Clark County, home to Las Vegas. Service had not started as of October 2026.
- Electrek counted the unsupervised Austin fleet at about 17 active cars when Tampa and Orlando opened. Tesla did not say how many cars it put in Florida.
- Tesla said it launched rides with no monitor aboard in Miami, Orlando and Tampa in July 2026, and widened the unsupervised area in Austin.
- Tesla began some Robotaxi rides in Austin with no safety monitor inside. Electrek saw chase cars with safety monitors following them.