Data confirms Autopilot/FSD was active in crash that killed a mother, passerby saved her baby

A 2021 Tesla Model Y left an Alabama highway, hit two trees, and caught fire, killing its driver, 29-year-old Kayleigh Page. Her 7-month-old daughter was hurt but survived, and a passerby rescued the baby. Tesla's own data shows the car's driver-assist system was engaged, but the crash was reported as a routine fatal wreck. Tesla redacted the details that would explain the crash, including the software version and whether the road was within the system’s approved area. The car was traveling at 55 mph when it left the roadway and hit the trees. The crash was the most common Tesla driver-assist crash, with the car leaving its lane or the road being the largest category. Tesla's data confirms that the system was engaged, but the redactions prevent full transparency. The redacted information makes it harder to determine exactly which system was in use. Tesla continues to promote its driver-assist systems as "Full Self-Driving," despite them being Level 2 systems that require human supervision. The marketing and the machine create a gap that leads to complacency, which can result in accidents. The crash was the only fatal Tesla crash in that area that month, and it was reported by troopers between 7:40 and 8:46 p.m. Local authorities did not receive Tesla's raw telemetry, only its interpretation of the crash. The data confirms that a driver-assist system was engaged when the car left the road, and the crash resulted in a fatality. The redactions prevent full transparency about how the system behaved when things went wrong.

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