Tesla launched a Robotaxi safety report tallying no injuries in collisions where a Robotaxi made first contact. aelluswamy announced the launch on Oct. 21, 2026. Tesla's figures cover Jan. 22 through Oct. 18, 2026, and the report lists about 3.1 million miles driven autonomously as of Oct. 18.
What the zero counts
Tesla defines “People Injured” as anyone hurt, inside or outside a vehicle, in a collision where the Robotaxi made first contact. The zero does not cover every injury associated with a collision involving one of its vehicles. The report includes collisions Tesla reports under a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration order while a Robotaxi was driving autonomously without an onboard safety monitor, including periods when a remote operator assisted or took control. It excludes both collisions and miles with an onboard safety monitor.
Tesla describes one reported event in which another vehicle hit an SUV and pushed it into a Robotaxi stopped at a stop sign. An occupant of the other vehicle went to the hospital after the initial collision, Tesla says, while no one in the SUV or Robotaxi was hurt. The company did not count that event in its injury result. It also describes a rider's claimed injury after a Robotaxi drove over a pothole; Tesla says an investigation found no injury associated with that event and did not count it. Separately, Tesla reports no deployments of its Robotaxis' own airbags, although an airbag deployed in another vehicle before it struck the Robotaxi in the multivehicle collision.
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