Tesla Robotaxi adds 5 more crashes in Austin in a month — 4x worse than humans

Tesla's 'Robotaxi' fleet in Austin has reported five additional crashes, raising the total to 14 incidents since the service launched in June 2025. The crashes, all involving Model Y vehicles with the autonomous driving system engaged, include collisions with fixed objects, buses, and heavy trucks, as well as two incidents where the Tesla backed into objects. Tesla's crash rate in Austin is significantly higher than the company's own benchmark for human drivers, with one crash occurring every 57,000 miles compared to a minor collision every 229,000 miles for an average human driver. Tesla has also quietly upgraded one earlier crash to include a hospitalization injury, which it did not disclose publicly. The company remains the only automated driving system operator to systematically hide crash details from the public.