Tesla has reported five new crashes involving its Robotaxi fleet in Austin, Texas, bringing the total to 14 incidents since the service launched in June 2025. The newly filed NHTSA data reveals the autonomous vehicles are crashing at nearly four times the rate of human drivers, even with safety monitors present in every vehicle.

All five new incidents occurred in December 2025 and January 2026, involving collisions with fixed objects, buses, and heavy trucks at speeds ranging from 1 to 17 mph. Tesla remains the only ADS operator to systematically redact crash details through NHTSA's confidentiality provisions, while competitors like Waymo provide full incident narratives. The company also quietly upgraded a July 2025 crash to include hospitalization, admitting five months later that someone required medical treatment.

With roughly 800,000 miles driven, Tesla's Robotaxi fleet experiences one crash every 57,000 miles compared to the company's claimed human average of one crash every 229,000 miles. The data is particularly damning because every mile was supervised by trained safety monitors who could intervene. Meanwhile, Waymo has logged over 127 million fully driverless miles with 80% fewer injury-causing crashes than human drivers, highlighting the stark contrast in safety performance between the two autonomous vehicle programs.