Tesla hits a new record for Autopilot and FSD crashes

That figure comes from NHTSA's Standing General Order data, which requires automakers to report crashes where an advanced driver-assistance system was engaged within roughly 30 seconds of impact and the crash met a severity threshold. That includes an airbag deployment, tow-away, injury, fatality, or a struck pedestrian or cyclist. In other words, this is not a scrape-at-the-mall dataset.

However, the raw number is only the beginning of the problem: 207 crashes in May is more than all of 2021 combined, when the company recorded 157.

The broader trend is not flattering, either. Tesla now accounts for 3,763 unique driver-assist crashes, or about 85 percent of the entire industry's ADAS (advanced driver assistance systems) reports. Moreover, 2025 was the first year Tesla crossed 1,000 driver-assist crashes in the dataset, at 1,043. Through just six months of 2026, it has already logged 826.

To be fair, raw crash totals do not prove Autopilot or FSD are getting worse per mile. More Teslas on the road, more FSD subscriptions, and more engaged miles can all push the total higher even if the rate improves. However, that is exactly where Tesla's opacity becomes the story. Tesla does not publish verified, independently auditable miles-driven data for Autopilot and FSD, meaning the public cannot check.

As a result, the record is both alarming and frustratingly incomplete. It is entirely possible the per-mile crash rate is falling. It is also possible it is not. The public file cannot answer that, and Tesla is the only party holding the data needed to settle the argument.

In contrast, Tesla is very consistent about what it chooses not to show. Tesla has redacted the narrative on 99.9 percent of its 3,763 crash reports every year since 2019, citing confidential business information. The software-version field is redacted as well, so the public file cannot separate Autopilot crashes from FSD crashes, even as FSD expands and Autopilot has reportedly been removed from new cars.

That matters because GM, Ford, Honda, and Toyota redact essentially none of their narratives. Tesla is the only high-volume reporter blacking out almost everything. The company has also argued to regulators that it would "suffer financial harm" if the data became public, while it remains under a separate NHTSA probe over how it reports these crashes in the first place.

Meanwhile, the latest months may still be understated because of reporting lag. Electrek says the newest export revised the prior "final" May figure upward by 139 crashes. Consequently, 207 looks less like a ceiling and more like a floor.