---
title: "NTSB Confirms Probe Into Another Tesla Autopilot Crash"
description: "Federal safety investigators dispatched to probe collision involving electric car and firetruck in California."
date: "2018-01-24"
modified: "2018-01-24"
authors:
  - name: "Kate Gibson"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kate-gibson"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/17934/ntsb-confirms-probe-into-another-tesla-autopilot-crash"
categories:
  - "Car Tech"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Self-Driving Tech"
  - "Tesla News"
tags:
  - "Autopilot"
  - "Autopilot Crash"
  - "California"
  - "Crash"
  - "Electric Vehicle"
  - "model s"
  - "Tesla"
  - "Tesla Model S"
---

# NTSB Confirms Probe Into Another Tesla Autopilot Crash

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Federal safety investigators are looking into a crash involving a Tesla S sedan and firetruck on a highway near Los Angeles.

The National Transportation Safety Board has opened a probe into Monday's accident, a spokesperson for the agency confirmed in an email.

The NTSB has dispatched two investigators to oversee a field investigation following the crash, which had a Tesla rear-ending an emergency vehicle. The agency said it would focus on the driver's action as well as how the vehicle was operating.

https://twitter.com/_/status/955907072356442113

The probe is the second by the NTSB into an accident involving Tesla's autopilot feature, which includes cruise control and automatic steering systems. Still, the electric-car maker has said the person behind the wheel should be paying attention and be [ready to take control.](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/17892/tesla-driver-slams-into-fire-truck-at-65-mph-blames-autopilot>)

The latest accident had the Tesla traveling at a speed of about 65 mph with the car's autopilot driver-assist system active when it hit the firetruck, firefighters said in a tweet. "Amazingly there were no injuries! Please stay alert while driving!" the union added.

https://twitter.com/_/status/955529991319560192

The firetruck was stopped in an emergency lane on the side of the highway with its lights flashing when the collision occurred, according to [*the Mercury News*](<https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/01/22/tesla-on-autopilot-slams-into-parked-fire-truck-on-freeway/>). The Tesla was significantly damaged and the truck taken out of service, the paper said. The driver declined treatment.

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