Article 39 - FSD (Supervised) Dashboard

Table of Contents

Overview

This dashboard presents comprehensive safety evidence for FSD (Supervised) across multiple domains: collision rates comparing different control types in North America, safety performance indicators across regions including Europe, lane change safety analysis, quarterly collision trends, engineering fleet validation in European conditions, and structured fixed-route testing in 6 major European cities. The evidence demonstrates equivalent or superior safety performance across various metrics including collision rates, safety & environmental performance indicators, and behavioral competency through both statistical analysis and real-world validation, supporting Article 39, subparagraph 2, point (b) requirements for regulatory approval.

Methodological Note on Exposure Controls

The fleet-wide studies presented in this dashboard (Studies 1–6) stratify collision and surrogate safety rates by road class (highway, arterial, urban collector, local access), control type (FSD vs. manual with and without active safety), and time period (year and quarter). However, Tesla does not currently have the ability to directly stratify fleet-wide telemetry by all situational exposure variables that may influence collision risk. In particular, fleet-wide studies do not control for:

  • Traffic density and congestion levels at the time of driving
  • Weather and road surface conditions (e.g., rain, snow, wet roads)
  • Time of day and lighting conditions (e.g., daytime vs. nighttime driving)
  • Scenario complexity (e.g., frequency of unprotected turns, merges in heavy traffic, or construction zones)

These factors could influence where and when drivers choose to engage FSD (Supervised) versus drive manually, introducing potential selection effects into the observational comparison. Study 7 (Fixed Routes) partially addresses this limitation by evaluating FSD performance under controlled conditions across 6 European cities, with results stratified by weather conditions (clear, rain, etc.) and time of day (day, night, twilight, etc.) — but fixed routes represent structured validation rather than fleet-scale observational data.

Stratification by road class provides a meaningful proxy for driving environment complexity, as road classes correlate with typical traffic patterns, speed profiles, and intersection density. Nevertheless, residual confounding within road classes cannot be fully excluded. The statistical comparisons presented should be interpreted as observational associations under stratified exposure conditions, not as causal estimates from a randomized experiment.

Incompatibility with R171.01

The incompatibilities of FSD (Supervised) with R171.01 can be summarized as:

  1. Neural Network Learning Approach: At the core of FSD (Supervised) is a neural network which learns patterns and behaviors that imitate high quality and safe driving from humans; natural emergent properties of this learning demonstrate good understanding and control for factors including but not limited to collision avoidance, anticipatory behavior, maintaining safe distances, traffic rules and signals, predictability, and smoothness. The driving trajectory is based on a continuous probabilistic optimization, making it incompatible with traditional rules-based, deterministic regulations.
  2. Control Capability Restrictions: Many paragraphs of DCAS restrict the system in terms of control capabilities, and prevent FSD (Supervised) from performing intuitive and safe actions based on its learning from training data.
  3. Boundary Condition Limitations: Many paragraphs in DCAS restrict the system in terms of boundary conditions, and limit usability and comfort in ways that prevent adoption of a system which provides a safety benefit for road safety.

Summary of Requested Exemptions

The requested exemptions from R171.01 for FSD (Supervised) can be summarized as:

  1. Exemption Request 1 - FSD (Supervised) will perform system-initiated maneuvers and withhold HORs on highway roads, provided visual monitoring of the driver is possible.
  2. Exemption Request 2 - FSD (Supervised) will perform system-initiated maneuvers and withhold HORs on non-highway roads, provided visual monitoring of the driver is possible.
  3. Exemption Request 3 - System-initiated maneuvers from FSD (Supervised) will not be inhibited based on the detected driver state or presentation of driver disengagement warnings leading up to or at the time of initiation of the maneuver.
  4. Exemption Request 4 - FSD (Supervised) will be allowed to induce lateral acceleration values beyond those specified in 5.3.7.1.2.
  5. Exemption Request 5 - In certain cases, FSD (Supervised) will adjust the maximum speed to allow the system to drive the appropriate speed for the surrounding traffic conditions, even when this exceeds the detected speed limit.

Evidence Map: Studies Supporting Each Exemption

Studies 1, 2, 5, 6, and 7 establish the overall safety case for FSD (Supervised) and serve as foundational evidence across all exemption requests. The table below maps each exemption to the specific study parts that provide targeted evidence, with key findings summarized.

Overall System Safety Evidence

The following studies provide holistic safety evidence that underpins all exemption requests:

  • Study 1: Mileage Distribution — FSD (Supervised) accumulated nearly 2 billion miles in 2025 across all road classes, providing a statistically robust evidence base for all safety analyses.
  • Study 2: Surrogate Safety Metrics — Compared to manually driven Tesla vehicles with active safety features, FSD (Supervised) shows statistically significant improvements across every surrogate metric: 74-84% fewer AEB activations, 83-95% fewer harsh acceleration events, 55-75% fewer high lateral acceleration events, and higher blinker usage.
  • Study 5: Fleet Collision Rates — Compared to manually driven Tesla vehicles with active safety features, FSD (Supervised) demonstrates 40-69% lower major collision rates (IRR 0.31-0.60) and 48-59% lower minor collision rates (IRR 0.41-0.52) across all road classes. Compared to vehicles without active safety features, reductions are 71-90% (major IRR 0.10-0.29). Both with year-over-year improvement on non-highway roads.
  • Study 6: Engineering Fleet Testing — Over 793K FSD (Supervised) miles across 8 European countries with zero major or minor collisions observed due to FSD (Supervised) performance.
  • Study 7: Fixed Routes Testing — Over 230,000 scenario tests (each a unique interaction with a predefined road element such as a traffic light, roundabout, or crosswalk) across 6 European cities with zero safety-critical events and 99%+ overall pass rate.

Reading IRR values: IRR (Incidence Rate Ratio) compares the event rate of FSD (Supervised) to a baseline group. An IRR of 0.25 means FSD (Supervised)'s rate is 75% lower than the baseline (i.e., 1 − 0.25 = 0.75). IRR < 1 indicates FSD (Supervised) has a lower rate (safer); smaller values indicate larger safety improvements. See Definitions: Statistical Methods for full methodology.

Exemption Study Evidence Key Finding
Exemption 1
SIMs and HOR withholding on highways
Study 3, Part 1
Highway Lane Change Safety
Compared to manually driven Tesla vehicles with active safety features, FSD (Supervised) achieves a 99% reduction in minor collisions during highway lane changes (IRR 0.01).
Study 3, Part 3
Lane Change Distraction States
Across 513M FSD (Supervised) lane changes in North America, only 2.5% had a DMS warning and 0.6% had an EOR request in the preceding 7 seconds, demonstrating high driver attentiveness during system-initiated maneuvers. This study was conducted using the North American DMS system.
Study 4, Part 1
Highway Fatigue
Compared to manually driven Tesla vehicles with active safety features, FSD (Supervised) drivers experience 67% fewer fatigue events (IRR 0.333, p<0.001), demonstrating that driver monitoring via DMS remains effective when HORs are withheld.
Study 2, Parts 1-2
AEB Rates
Compared to manually driven Tesla vehicles with active safety features, FSD (Supervised) shows 74-84% lower AEB activation rates across all road classes in NA (IRR 0.163-0.266) and 77-97% lower in Europe, indicating fewer imminent-collision scenarios across all driving contexts.
Study 5, Parts 7-8
Regional Collision Comparison
Compared to European manually driven Tesla vehicles with active safety features, North American FSD (Supervised) outperforms across most road classes and collision types, supporting safety equivalence across diverse operating contexts.
Exemption 2
SIMs and HOR withholding on non-highway roads
Study 3, Part 2
Non-highway Lane Changes
Compared to manually driven Tesla vehicles with active safety features, FSD (Supervised) shows a 95% reduction in minor collisions (IRR 0.05), 89% reduction in FCW events (IRR 0.11), and 79% reduction in AEB events (IRR 0.21) across 214M non-highway lane changes.
Study 3, Part 3
Lane Change Distraction States
Only 2.5% of FSD (Supervised) lane changes in North America had a DMS warning in the prior 7 seconds, showing drivers remain attentive during system-initiated maneuvers. This study was conducted using the North American DMS system.
Study 5, Parts 1 & 4
Collision Rates by Road Class
Compared to manually driven Tesla vehicles with active safety features, FSD (Supervised) shows statistically significant lower major collision rates on all non-highway road classes: arterial 69% lower (IRR 0.31), urban collectors 50% lower (IRR 0.50), local access 40% lower (IRR 0.60). Compared to vehicles without active safety features, reductions are even larger: arterial 90% lower (IRR 0.10), urban collectors 74% lower (IRR 0.26), local access 71% lower (IRR 0.29).
Study 1, Part 1
Mileage Distribution
Over 700M non-highway miles driven with FSD (Supervised) in 2025 in North America (400M+ urban collectors, 200M+ arterial, 80M+ local access), establishing sufficient exposure for non-highway safety validation.
Study 7
Fixed Routes
99%+ pass rates across urban scenarios including roundabouts (98.9%), intersections (99.2%), crosswalks (99.7%), and cyclist yields (99.9%) in European cities.
Exemption 3
No SIM inhibition based on driver state
Study 3, Parts 1-2
Lane Change Safety
Compared to manually driven Tesla vehicles with active safety features, FSD (Supervised) achieves 82-99% improvement across all safety metrics (minor collisions, FCW, AEB) during lane changes on both highway and non-highway roads.
Study 3, Part 3
Lane Change Distraction States
Across 513M FSD (Supervised) lane changes in North America, only 2.5% had a DMS warning and 0.6% had an EOR request in the preceding 7 seconds, demonstrating high driver attentiveness during system-initiated maneuvers. This study was conducted using the North American DMS system.
Study 3, Part 4
Driver Situational Awareness
Across EU engineering vehicle lane changes, over 90% of drivers performed at least one relevant safety check (side mirror, side window, screen, or rearview mirror) before lane line encroachment, confirming that FSD (Supervised) does not induce complacency during system-initiated maneuvers.
Study 4, Part 1
Highway Fatigue
Compared to manually driven Tesla vehicles with active safety features, FSD (Supervised) drivers experience one-third the fatigue events (IRR 0.333, p<0.001), indicating effective driver state monitoring.
Study 7
Fixed Routes
Zero safety-critical events across over 230,000 scenario tests in 6 European cities, including complex system-initiated maneuvers.
Exemption 4
Lateral acceleration limits
Study 2, Part 5
Lateral Acceleration
Compared to manually driven Tesla vehicles with active safety features, FSD (Supervised) produces 55-75% fewer lateral acceleration events ≥3 m/s² (IRR 0.252-0.447, p<0.001), meaning FSD (Supervised) already rarely exceeds the regulatory threshold and does so far less than human drivers.
Study 7
Fixed Routes (Roundabouts/Turns)
98.9% pass rate across 6,974 roundabout tests and zero safety-critical events through turns and complex maneuvers requiring lateral acceleration.
Exemption 5
Contextual speed determination
Study 8
Max Speed Analysis
Across 708 randomly selected European driving samples where the system exceeded the detected speed limit, FSD (Supervised) drove at or below the median surrounding traffic speed in 98% of high-speed cases and never exceeded the fastest surrounding vehicle in 99.9% of cases, demonstrating that FSD (Supervised) adjusts speed appropriately to match traffic flow rather than exceeding it.

A Gentle Introduction to FSD (Supervised)

Full Self-Driving (Supervised) as a Product

Since 2020, Tesla has developed a feature called Full Self-Driving (Supervised), an SAE Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) that supports drivers with the Dynamic Driving Task (DDT). FSD (Supervised) is able to maintain longitudinal and lateral control of the vehicle, under the supervision of an attentive driver, and perform functions on and off highway like: lane centering, making lane changes, taking highway exits, merging onto highways, handling traffic controls, navigating roundabouts, making turns at intersections, offsetting for objects, safely interact with vulnerable road users (e.g. pedestrians, bicyclists) and more. This feature is currently available in the United States of America, China, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea. Over 10.5 billion kilometers (6.5 billion miles) have been driven with the FSD (Supervised) feature active by Tesla owners on public roads across the globe. That is the equivalent of over 6,000 human lifetime's worth of driving or over 13,600 roundtrip visits to the Moon.

FSD (Supervised) uses eight high resolution cameras with a 360-degree field of view to observe the environment and a Tesla computer with custom silicon-chip to interpret the environment and navigate safely through it. It also uses additional sensors like IMUs, GPS, and in-cabin camera/torque sensors for additional functions like localization and driver monitoring. Based on deployment and usage data, FSD (Supervised) offers considerable safety enhancements to public roadways, both to drivers of Tesla vehicles and other users of the public roadway infrastructure (e.g. other vehicles, vulnerable road users). These safety enhancements span the spectrum of safety: fewer high-severity collisions like airbag deployments, fewer low-severity collisions like restraints control module (RCM) near-deploy events, fewer harsh braking events like AEBs, and even generally less unnecessary harsh accel/jerk control. As a result, Tesla is making concerted efforts to make this technology available to all Tesla owners globally, which requires exemption against a subset of regulations for an expansion into European markets.

For a deeper dive into FSD (Supervised) as a system, and to learn more about the end-to-end approach, please reference the presentation from Ashok Elluswamy, the Director of AI at Tesla, at the International Conference on Computer Vision.

The following video showcases a sample of training clips used to train FSD (Supervised). The system is trained on an extensive collection of driving scenarios, including edge cases and critical situations that most drivers may never encounter in their lifetime, ensuring robust performance across a wide range of real-world conditions.

Full Self-Driving (Supervised) as an SAE Level 2 System

The classification of FSD (Supervised) under the SAE J3016 Taxonomy of Driving Automation reflects the manufacturer's design intent for the division of roles and responsibilities between the driver and the system — not the system's technological capability. As codified in SAE J3016 Section 8.2, "the level assignment rather expresses the design intention for the feature." The level is fundamentally a delineation of responsibility.

FSD (Supervised) is designed and deployed as an SAE Level 2 system. The system provides sustained lateral and longitudinal vehicle motion control under the active, continuous supervision of the human driver. As specified in SAE J3016 Section 3.10, Level 2 driving automation "encompasses automation of... lateral and longitudinal vehicle motion control and limited OEDR associated with motion control." While the system perceives the driving environment to execute vehicle motion control, the driver retains full responsibility for supervising the driving environment, completing the Object and Event Detection and Response (OEDR) subtask, and intervening when necessary. This division of responsibility is the core of the system's safety philosophy and is reinforced through the vehicle's human-machine interface and driver education materials.

SAE J3016 Section 8.3 states that "the levels of driving automation do not specify or imply hierarchy in terms of relative merit, technology sophistication, or order of deployment." A Level 2 system may be technologically advanced and capable of navigating complex urban environments, but its classification remains Level 2 if the design intent requires the driver to supervise and assume responsibility for the OEDR subtask. FSD (Supervised) is precisely such a system — its advanced sensor suite, neural network processing, and ability to handle a wide range of driving scenarios do not alter its classification. The driver is always expected to monitor the environment, supervise the system, and be prepared to intervene when required.

This responsibility model is enforced through the Driver Monitoring System (DMS), a mandatory component of the Level 2 design. The DMS continuously monitors driver engagement through visual and torque-based inputs, issuing escalating warnings to ensure the driver remains attentive. In the event of prolonged inattention, the system initiates a "Take Over Immediately" sequence, followed by a controlled slowdown to a complete stop if the driver fails to respond. This is a safety protocol designed to enforce the driver's primary responsibility for the dynamic driving task — the defining characteristic of Level 2 automation.

The Safety Pillars of FSD (Supervised)

Safety Pillars of FSD (Supervised)

The safety of Tesla's Full Self-Driving (Supervised) system cannot be reduced to a singular evaluation of its performance in executing system-initiated maneuvers. While the system's ability to navigate complex environments is a critical component, it is only one pillar within a broader, multi-layered safety architecture designed to ensure the overall safety of the driver, passengers, and other road users. The system's safety is fundamentally underpinned by a holistic framework that includes robust driver monitoring, context-aware system limits, comprehensive driver education, and proactive user interface warnings. These elements work in concert to create a driving mode that is demonstrably safer than manual driving, even when individual performance metrics may not reflect perfection. The observed collision metrics, which show significantly lower rates of both major and minor incidents, are the result of this integrated safety approach. Factors such as the driver's ability to take over control, when necessary, the system's capacity to mitigate human error through consistent attention and predictable behavior, and the effectiveness of the Driver Monitoring System in maintaining driver engagement all contribute to the overall safety profile. Therefore, to evaluate the safety of FSD (Supervised) solely on its maneuver execution performance would be a fundamental mischaracterization of its safety design and would overlook the critical role played by the other pillars in ensuring a safe driving experience for all users.

This integrated safety framework is further substantiated by the detailed documentation provided in the supporting annexes, including the comprehensive Driver Monitoring System (DMS) report and the Driver Education materials. These documents outline the specific technical and procedural measures Tesla has implemented to ensure driver attentiveness and system controllability, which are essential for maintaining safety under SAE Level 2 operating conditions. The DMS, for instance, employs a multi-stage escalation protocol that adapts to driving context and driver behavior, ensuring that the driver is alerted appropriately when intervention is required. Similarly, the Driver Education program is designed to inform users of the system's capabilities and limitations, fostering a responsible and informed user base. By referencing these annexes, this submission demonstrates that the safety of FSD (Supervised) is not contingent on flawless performance but is instead the product of a carefully engineered ecosystem that leverages technology to augment, rather than replace, human oversight. This approach aligns with the core principle of SAE Level 2 automation, where the driver retains ultimate responsibility, and the system's design is intended to enhance, not diminish, the driver's ability to maintain safe control of the vehicle.

Video Clip Evidence of Behavioral and Safety Competency

The videos below demonstrates FSD (Supervised) operating across a diverse range of challenging driving scenarios, showcasing its behavioral and safety competency in real-world conditions. The compilation includes:

  • Last-second collision avoidance: Multiple instances where FSD makes critical decisions to prevent imminent collisions, demonstrating rapid perception and response capabilities
  • Adverse weather performance: Operation in rain, snow, and low-visibility conditions, showing robust decision-making across varied environmental conditions
  • Complex traffic interactions: Navigation through dense urban environments, highway merges, construction zones, and unpredictable behavior from other road users

These real-world examples complement the statistical evidence presented in the following studies, providing qualitative validation of FSD's safety performance and behavioral competency.

All videos have FSD (Supervised) engaged for the entirety of the video.

Note: Some videos may display a reconstruction of the in-car UI, some may not.

Safety & Behavioral Competency Demonstration (Europe, Engineering Drivers)

This video showcases FSD (Supervised) operating in various European countries, demonstrating its ability to handle diverse road conditions, traffic laws, and driving behaviors across the continent. The clips include urban environments, highways, rural roads, and challenging scenarios such as roundabouts, yielding for cyclists, and complex intersections.

FSD (Supervised) is active for the entirety of every video with no driver interventions.

Safety & Behavioral Competency Demonstration (North America, Engineering Drivers)

This video showcases FSD (Supervised) operating in North America, demonstrating its ability to handle diverse road conditions, traffic laws, and driving behaviors.

FSD (Supervised) is active for the entirety of every video with no driver interventions.

Track Testing Demonstration

This video showcases controlled testing conducted on a closed course, demonstrating various safety scenarios and vehicle responses in a controlled environment. These tests include collision avoidance maneuvers, emergency braking scenarios, and behavioral validation across different driving situations. All testing is performed on private property with trained safety drivers.

FSD (Supervised) is active for the entirety of every video with no driver interventions.

Bonus: FSD (Supervised) Vehicle Safety Report Video

This video was published on the FSD Safety Report.

Definitions

Control Types

There are 3 primary control types used in this report, representing different levels of vehicle automation and safety feature availability.

Control Type Description
Tesla Manual Driving (No Active Safety Features) This represents Tesla vehicles that do not come equipped with active safety features, primarily early Model S/X vehicles that started selling in 2012. The average age of vehicles on European roads is 12.3 years, and the average age of vehicles on North American roads is 12.6 years (ACEA, 2025). This baseline provides the most representative comparison to the average vehicle population on public roads, as these older vehicles typically lack advanced driver assistance systems yet continue to accumulate significant mileage (120M miles tracked in Tesla's 2025 data).

Note: Tesla does not log airbag near deployments or AEBs for vehicles without active safety features. This control type is removed for evidence presented around those cases.
Tesla Manual Driving (Active Safety Features) Includes all Tesla active safety features such as Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Warning, Side Collision Warning, Obstacle Aware Acceleration, Blind Spot Monitoring, Lane Departure Avoidance, Pedal Misapplication Mitigation, and Emergency Lane Departure Avoidance. These active safety features demonstrate measurable safety improvements over the baseline vehicle population and are representative of the latest and most technologically advanced vehicles on the road.
FSD (Supervised, HW4) FSD (Supervised) running on Hardware 4 vehicles, which represents the system configuration Tesla seeks to launch in the European market. This analysis controls specifically for HW4 to ensure the most representative performance data for regulatory evaluation.

Active Safety Features

Feature Description
Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) Detects cars or obstacles that the vehicle may impact and applies the brakes
Forward Collision Warning Warns of impending collisions with slower moving or stationary vehicles
Side Collision Warning Warns of potential collisions with obstacles alongside the vehicle
Obstacle Aware Acceleration Automatically reduces acceleration when an obstacle is detected in front of the vehicle while driving at low speeds
Blind Spot Monitoring Warns when a vehicle or obstacle is detected when changing lanes
Lane Departure Avoidance Applies corrective steering to keep the vehicle in its current lane
Emergency Lane Departure Avoidance Steers the vehicle back into its driving lane when it detects that the vehicle is departing its lane and there could be a collision
Driver Drowsiness Detection/Warning Uses the cabin camera to detect driver drowsiness and issues visual and audible alerts when fatigued driving patterns are identified (see Study 4: Driver Distraction & Fatigue)

Note: Active safety features are designed to assist drivers but cannot respond in every situation. It is the driver's responsibility to stay alert, drive safely and always be in control of the vehicle.

Road Classification

The analysis presented below consists of multiple studies that divide data into different road classes based on functional classification and traffic characteristics. When we refer to "non-highway" roads, we mean the overall collection of arterial, collector, and local access roads. There may be some studies that do not divide into the functional road classifications and instead, group together into 'non-highway'. These functional road classifications align with FHWA definitions.

Road Type Definition Flow of Traffic
Highway Motorway/Freeways
Limited-access, high speed roads, dedicated to long-distance mobility.
Typically divided by medians, and roads where pedestrians or cyclists are not allowed.
Continuous flow
High volume, limited access, uninterrupted mobility
Arterial Roads of national importance
Important roads for through traffic used to travel within the country and main roads running parallel to motorways.
Continuous flow (high mobility)
High volume 'through-traffic' with low friction (limited driveways / stops).
Flow mimics that of highway roads.
Urban Collector Local roads of high importance
Roads of national importance within a settlement. Roads making settlements accessible and roads used to travel within a part of a settlement.
Mixed flow between low and high friction
Functionally slow traffic within a settlement (e.g. downtowns).
Frequent interactions with buses, parking, VRUs (Vulnerable Road Users).
Local Access Local roads of minor importance
Destination only roads. Roads that are only used to reach a certain address or destination. Typically under 30 km/h.
Intermittent / Restricted Flow
Very low volume/speed. Traffic is limited to immediate needs (e.g. residential / service roads).
Traffic exists only to arrive or depart. No continuity.

SAE Level 2 Definition

The following table, derived from SAE J3016, defines the roles and responsibilities for SAE Level 2 driving automation systems. FSD (Supervised) operates as an SAE Level 2 system, where the driver retains full responsibility for the Dynamic Driving Task (DDT) and must remain engaged at all times.

Role of User Role of Driving Automation System
Driver (at all times):

• Performs the remainder of the DDT not performed by the driving automation system

• Supervises the driving automation system and intervenes as necessary to maintain operation of the vehicle

• Determines whether/when engagement and disengagement of the driving automation system is appropriate

• Immediately performs the entire DDT whenever required or desired
Driving automation system (while engaged):

• Performs part of the DDT by executing both the lateral and the longitudinal vehicle motion control subtasks

• Disengages immediately upon driver request

Statistical Methods (IRR, Odds Ratios)

Statistical Methods: IRR (Incidence Rate Ratio) is a statistical measure comparing the rate of events between two groups. IRR < 1 indicates a lower rate in the comparison group (reduction), while IRR > 1 indicates a higher rate (increase). For collision and AEB rates, we use Poisson regression. For proportion comparisons (e.g., hands detection rates), we use either a two-proportion z-test (for large samples: all cell counts ≥5 and total sample ≥30) or Fisher's exact test (for small samples or sparse data: any cell count <5 or total sample <30). These tests produce Odds Ratios (OR) where OR > 1 indicates higher proportion in the comparison group. Fisher's exact test with Haldane-Anscombe correction provides more accurate confidence intervals when dealing with sparse data or small cell counts.

Statistical Significance Levels:

  • *** p<0.001: Highly significant
  • ** p<0.01: Very significant
  • * p<0.05: Significant
  • † p<0.10: Approaching significance
Abbreviations

The following abbreviations are used throughout this dashboard, particularly in chart labels on smaller screens:

Abbreviation Full Form
FSD(S, HW4)FSD (Supervised, HW4)
Manual (AS)Manual (With Active Safety Features)
Manual (No AS)Manual (No Active Safety Features)
NANorth America
EUEurope
Urb. Coll.Urban Collectors
LocalLocal Access
Non-hwyNon-highway
ASActive Safety (Features)
IRRIncidence Rate Ratio
Study 1: Mileage Distribution

Understanding the distribution of fleet mileage across road classes is essential for demonstrating that FSD (Supervised) has accumulated sufficient real-world driving exposure to validate safety performance across all driving environments, from highways to complex urban and local access roads. This section establishes that the mileage base underlying the safety analyses in subsequent studies is broadly distributed, not concentrated on a single road type, and that FSD (Supervised) has been proven in use across the full range of road classes encountered in normal driving.

Data is presented for both North America (customer fleet) and Europe (engineering fleet for FSD, 2025 for other control types).

Exemption Relevance: This study contributes to the overall safety case underlying all exemption requests by establishing sufficient mileage exposure across all road classes. It is also directly relevant to Exemption Request 2 (SIMs and HOR withholding on non-highway roads), demonstrating over 700M non-highway FSD (Supervised) miles in 2025.

Study Takeaways

  • FSD (Supervised) has accumulated substantial mileage across all road classes in 2025, including hundreds of millions of non-highway miles in North America, providing a statistically robust basis for safety analysis across all driving environments.
  • Non-highway mileage (arterial, urban collector, and local access roads) constitutes a significant and growing share of FSD (Supervised) driving, demonstrating that the system is proven in use across the full spectrum of road types, not only highways.
  • FSD (Supervised) mileage grew approximately 4.5x from 2024 to 2025, with the largest proportional increases on non-highway road classes, further strengthening the evidence base for non-highway safety analyses.
  • The mileage distribution of manually driven Tesla vehicles remains stable across all road classes, providing a consistent and reliable baseline for rate-ratio comparisons.
Part 1: Mileage Distribution by Road Class (2025, North America)

The charts below outline the percentage of total miles driven by each control type on each road class in North America for 2025. This provides context on where and how FSD (Supervised) is being used relative to other control types in the Tesla fleet.

Part 1 Key Takeaways:

  • While FSD (Supervised) has proportionally more highway miles, there is substantial mileage across all non-highway road classes in 2025, including over 400 million miles on urban collectors, over 200 million on arterials, and over 80 million on local access roads in North America alone. This breadth of exposure ensures the safety analyses that follow are grounded in sufficient data across all road types.
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Mileage Breakdown Data

Road Class Control Type Total Miles % of Control Type Miles
Highway Manual (No Active Safety Features) 69,999,597 43.59%
Arterial Manual (No Active Safety Features) 16,547,882 10.30%
Urban Collectors Manual (No Active Safety Features) 54,623,024 34.01%
Local Access Manual (No Active Safety Features) 19,432,632 12.10%
Highway Manual (With Active Safety Features) 11,409,102,069 45.66%
Arterial Manual (With Active Safety Features) 2,510,828,318 10.05%
Urban Collectors Manual (With Active Safety Features) 8,258,191,430 33.05%
Local Access Manual (With Active Safety Features) 2,811,665,301 11.25%
Highway FSD (Supervised, HW4) 1,205,981,745 63.07%
Arterial FSD (Supervised, HW4) 201,377,865 10.53%
Urban Collectors FSD (Supervised, HW4) 422,593,313 22.10%
Local Access FSD (Supervised, HW4) 82,110,744 4.29%
Part 2: Mileage Distribution - Year over Year (2024 vs 2025, North America)

Year-over-year comparison of mileage distribution. Each chart shows the percentage of each control type's total miles that occurred on each road class for 2024 and 2025.

Part 2 Key Takeaways:

  • FSD (Supervised) non-highway mileage share has increased significantly from 2024 to 2025, particularly on collector and local access roads, strengthening the evidence base for safety performance in complex driving environments. Tesla attributes this shift to the major software release of version 13 at the end of 2024.
  • All other control types show relatively stable mileage distributions year over year, with only minor fluctuations across road classes.
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Year Control Type Road Class Total Miles % of Control Type Miles
2024 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 41,477,679 9.82%
2024 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 288,359,299 68.30%
2024 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 13,474,332 3.19%
2024 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 78,889,226 18.69%
2024 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 21,775,275 12.26%
2024 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 77,875,036 43.86%
2024 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 21,020,717 11.84%
2024 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 56,890,206 32.04%
2024 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 2,159,458,804 10.30%
2024 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 9,613,517,815 45.87%
2024 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 2,297,932,524 10.96%
2024 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 6,889,532,316 32.87%
2025 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 201,376,061 10.53%
2025 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 1,205,969,779 63.07%
2025 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 82,109,989 4.29%
2025 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 422,589,564 22.10%
2025 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 16,547,760 10.30%
2025 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 69,999,077 43.59%
2025 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 19,432,437 12.10%
2025 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 54,622,552 34.01%
2025 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 2,510,807,340 10.05%
2025 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 11,409,005,511 45.66%
2025 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 2,811,642,252 11.25%
2025 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 8,258,122,908 33.05%
Part 3: Mileage Distribution - Quarterly Trends (Q1 2024 to Q4 2025, North America)

Quarterly trends in mileage distribution. Each chart shows the percentage of each control type's total miles that occurred on each road class over time (Q1 2024 to Q4 2025).

Part 3 Key Takeaways:

  • The quarterly trend confirms sustained growth in FSD (Supervised) non-highway mileage across all road classes. This increasing coverage in complex driving environments ensures the safety data continues to grow in both volume and representativeness, particularly following the version 13 software release at the end of 2024.
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Quarter Control Type Road Class Total Miles % of Control Type Miles
2024 Q1 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 3,411,176 9.12%
2024 Q1 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 27,376,549 73.21%
2024 Q1 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 873,494 2.34%
2024 Q1 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 5,731,544 15.33%
2024 Q1 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 6,386,118 12.36%
2024 Q1 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 22,604,521 43.77%
2024 Q1 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 6,122,849 11.85%
2024 Q1 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 16,535,055 32.01%
2024 Q1 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 586,134,025 10.40%
2024 Q1 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 2,575,974,646 45.72%
2024 Q1 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 617,732,231 10.96%
2024 Q1 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 1,854,356,636 32.91%
2024 Q2 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 14,277,759 9.58%
2024 Q2 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 103,310,832 69.34%
2024 Q2 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 4,495,521 3.02%
2024 Q2 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 26,904,588 18.06%
2024 Q2 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 6,842,888 12.46%
2024 Q2 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 24,096,126 43.89%
2024 Q2 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 6,491,149 11.82%
2024 Q2 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 17,472,607 31.82%
2024 Q2 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 648,324,396 10.28%
2024 Q2 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 2,878,754,193 45.65%
2024 Q2 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 697,531,663 11.06%
2024 Q2 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 2,081,089,348 33.00%
2024 Q3 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 14,243,715 10.10%
2024 Q3 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 95,294,572 67.60%
2024 Q3 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 4,648,292 3.30%
2024 Q3 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 26,778,600 19.00%
2024 Q3 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 6,479,969 12.24%
2024 Q3 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 23,311,490 44.03%
2024 Q3 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 6,223,617 11.76%
2024 Q3 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 16,924,941 31.97%
2024 Q3 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 686,058,643 10.32%
2024 Q3 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 3,089,137,947 46.46%
2024 Q3 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 713,506,020 10.73%
2024 Q3 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 2,160,574,546 32.49%
2024 Q4 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 9,545,029 10.06%
2024 Q4 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 62,377,345 65.76%
2024 Q4 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 3,457,025 3.64%
2024 Q4 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 19,474,494 20.53%
2024 Q4 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 2,066,299 11.44%
2024 Q4 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 7,862,899 43.51%
2024 Q4 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 2,183,102 12.08%
2024 Q4 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 5,957,603 32.97%
2024 Q4 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 238,941,741 10.08%
2024 Q4 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 1,069,651,028 45.11%
2024 Q4 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 269,162,609 11.35%
2024 Q4 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 793,511,786 33.46%
2025 Q1 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 42,179,728 10.12%
2025 Q1 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 267,034,528 64.07%
2025 Q1 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 16,880,617 4.05%
2025 Q1 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 90,668,273 21.76%
2025 Q1 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 4,720,896 10.23%
2025 Q1 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 20,150,073 43.68%
2025 Q1 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 5,576,228 12.09%
2025 Q1 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 15,685,748 34.00%
2025 Q1 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 672,317,374 9.89%
2025 Q1 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 3,107,496,412 45.69%
2025 Q1 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 763,515,310 11.23%
2025 Q1 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 2,257,817,954 33.20%
2025 Q2 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 53,979,684 10.55%
2025 Q2 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 323,055,421 63.13%
2025 Q2 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 21,981,171 4.30%
2025 Q2 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 112,706,136 22.02%
2025 Q2 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 5,132,898 10.32%
2025 Q2 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 21,634,740 43.52%
2025 Q2 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 6,035,960 12.14%
2025 Q2 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 16,913,961 34.02%
2025 Q2 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 759,715,937 10.04%
2025 Q2 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 3,469,252,035 45.83%
2025 Q2 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 845,614,939 11.17%
2025 Q2 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 2,494,722,258 32.96%
2025 Q3 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 75,458,436 10.71%
2025 Q3 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 443,843,225 63.01%
2025 Q3 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 30,267,254 4.30%
2025 Q3 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 154,840,393 21.98%
2025 Q3 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 5,040,703 10.40%
2025 Q3 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 21,177,490 43.70%
2025 Q3 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 5,824,321 12.02%
2025 Q3 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 16,415,285 33.88%
2025 Q3 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 801,275,517 10.20%
2025 Q3 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 3,590,716,519 45.72%
2025 Q3 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 880,925,849 11.22%
2025 Q3 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 2,581,186,425 32.86%
2025 Q4 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 29,758,213 10.66%
2025 Q4 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 172,036,605 61.63%
2025 Q4 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 12,980,947 4.65%
2025 Q4 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 64,374,763 23.06%
2025 Q4 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 1,653,263 10.15%
2025 Q4 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 7,036,774 43.19%
2025 Q4 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 1,995,929 12.25%
2025 Q4 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 5,607,559 34.42%
2025 Q4 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 277,498,512 10.04%
2025 Q4 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 1,241,540,544 44.90%
2025 Q4 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 321,586,154 11.63%
2025 Q4 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 924,396,271 33.43%
Part 4: Mileage Distribution by Road Class (2025, Europe)

The charts below outline the percentage of total miles driven by each control type on each road class in Europe for 2025. FSD (Supervised) data is from the engineering fleet, while other control types represent Tesla vehicles in the customer fleet.

Part 4 Key Takeaways:

  • The European engineering fleet demonstrates FSD (Supervised) coverage across all road classes in 2025, including arterial, urban collector, and local access roads. The distribution is broadly comparable to that of manually driven Tesla vehicles, confirming that the system has been exercised across the full range of European road types relevant to safety analysis.
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Mileage Breakdown Data

Road Class Control Type Total Miles % of Control Type Miles
Highway Manual (No Active Safety Features) 21,083,303 43.71%
Arterial Manual (No Active Safety Features) 8,810,171 18.27%
Urban Collectors Manual (No Active Safety Features) 13,337,683 27.65%
Local Access Manual (No Active Safety Features) 5,003,909 10.37%
Highway Manual (With Active Safety Features) 3,998,719,979 44.88%
Arterial Manual (With Active Safety Features) 1,534,495,017 17.22%
Urban Collectors Manual (With Active Safety Features) 2,445,492,725 27.45%
Local Access Manual (With Active Safety Features) 931,675,279 10.46%
Highway FSD (Supervised, HW4) 423,183 55.98%
Arterial FSD (Supervised, HW4) 116,499 15.41%
Urban Collectors FSD (Supervised, HW4) 174,624 23.10%
Local Access FSD (Supervised, HW4) 41,616 5.51%
Part 5: Regional Comparison - Europe vs North America

Side-by-side comparison of mileage distribution between Europe and North America. For each control type, bars are grouped to show Europe (left) and North America (right), making regional differences immediately visible.

Part 5 Key Points:

  • European highway driving has a similar distribution of mileage across all control types compared to North America.
  • European non-highway driving has a different distribution of mileage across all control types (customers only), compared to North America.
    • a ~70-80% increase on arterial road driving for manually driven Tesla vehicles. with less overall driving on collector and local access roads compared to North America.
    • a ~20% decrease in collector/local access driving for manually driven Tesla vehicles.
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Region Control Type Road Class Total Miles % of Control Type Miles
North America FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 201,377,865 10.53%
North America FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 1,205,981,745 63.07%
North America FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 82,110,744 4.29%
North America FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 422,593,313 22.10%
North America Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 16,547,882 10.30%
North America Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 69,999,597 43.59%
North America Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 19,432,632 12.10%
North America Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 54,623,024 34.01%
North America Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 2,510,828,318 10.05%
North America Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 11,409,102,069 45.66%
North America Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 2,811,665,301 11.25%
North America Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 8,258,191,430 33.05%
Europe FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 116,499 15.41%
Europe FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 423,183 55.98%
Europe FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 41,616 5.51%
Europe FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 174,624 23.10%
Europe Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 8,810,171 18.27%
Europe Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 21,083,303 43.71%
Europe Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 5,003,909 10.37%
Europe Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 13,337,683 27.65%
Europe Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 1,534,495,017 17.22%
Europe Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 3,998,719,979 44.88%
Europe Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 931,675,279 10.46%
Europe Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 2,445,492,725 27.45%
Study 2: Surrogate Safety Metrics by Region

This study examines surrogate safety metrics across North America and Europe. We compare FSD (Supervised, HW4) surrogate safety to Manually driven Tesla vehicles (With Active Safety Features) as the established baseline. The surrogate safety measures are outlined below along with their reason for choice.

Data Period: Parts 1-5 (blinker, horn, and acceleration metrics) are from June 2 to September 9, 2025. Part 6 (AEB rates) represents data from January 1 to October 31, 2025.

Note: European FSD data is collected from engineering operators. Engineering operators are trained by Tesla to use the system with as little human input as possible. Due to this, surrogate safety metrics from the engineering fleet are appropriate to evaluate given the lack of driver input, making these metrics show the true performance of FSD (Supervised) on European roads.

Exemption Relevance: This study contributes to the overall safety case underlying all exemption requests. Part 5 (Lateral Acceleration) provides primary evidence for Exemption Request 4 (lateral acceleration limits), showing FSD (Supervised) produces 55-75% fewer lateral acceleration events ≥3 m/s² than manually driven Tesla vehicles with active safety features (IRR 0.252-0.447). Parts 1-2 (AEB Rates) support Exemption Requests 1 and 2, showing 74-97% lower AEB activation rates across all road classes.

Evidence-Based Rationale for Surrogate Safety Metrics

Surrogate Safety Metric Evidence Based Rationale
AEB Activation Rate Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) is designed to intervene only in imminent collision scenarios. UNECE's AEBS regulation and NHTSA's new FMVSS 127 treat AEB as a last-resort collision-mitigation function activated when a crash is imminent. Numerous evaluations show that AEB substantially reduces rear-end crash frequency and severity when installed, which means each activation corresponds to a scenario that would otherwise have had a non-trivial crash risk. Therefore, a reduction in AEB rates can be linked to less potential near-miss scenarios.
  • An IIHS study found that vehicles equipped with AEB had ~50% fewer police-reported rear-end crashes, and a similar reduction in rear-end crashes involving injuries.
  • According to a 2025 analysis by Partnership for Analytics Research in Traffic Safety (PARTS), combining data across manufacturers and crash-reporting databases, AEB-equipped vehicles saw up to a 52% reduction in front-to-rear crashes.
Because AEB intervenes only when a crash-likely trajectory is detected, each activation corresponds to a scenario with non-trivial crash risk. Therefore, a lower AEB activation rate, can reasonably be interpreted as reduced exposure to imminent-collision scenarios, which supports the use of lower AEB activation as a surrogate safety metric.
Longitudinal Acceleration and Deceleration Events (≥ 3 m/s²) Harsh braking and rapid acceleration are long-established surrogate safety measures in naturalistic driving and telematics research. Hard braking thresholds around 3–3.5 m/s² are commonly used to identify elevated crash-risk situations, including late hazard detection, tailgating, and speed variability. For example, the Washington State Driving Behavior Analysis flags braking >3.2 m/s² as a high-risk maneuver. Surrogate-safety studies (e.g., Nikolaou et all. 2023) link high-magnitude longitudinal acceleration events to elevated frustration, instability in car-following behavior, and a higher probability of crash-contributing conflicts. Thus, reducing ≥3 m/s² events lowers exposure to situations associated with increased crash likelihood.
Lateral Acceleration Events (≥ 3 m/s²) Naturalistic driving studies consistently show that hard cornering and high lateral-acceleration events are predictive of elevated crash and near-crash risk (Simons-Morton et al. 2012). In road-curve safety modeling, Ambros et al. (2019) calibrated lateral acceleration against real crash data and identified 0.3 g (≈3 m/s²) as a critical cutoff: curves with a higher proportion of observations above this threshold had significantly higher crash frequencies in the safety-performance models. Therefore, reducing the rate of ≥3 m/s² lateral-acceleration events corresponds to moving toward the lower-risk region of empirically validated crash-prediction models.
Horn Usage Horn usage is widely used in driving-behavior research as a surrogate indicator of conflict, provocation, and aggressive responses. Behavioral scales such as the The Aggressive Driving Behavior Scale include honking frequency and intensity as validated aggression markers. Elevated honking rates in traffic correlate with acute stress, increased arousal, and frustration responses. Environmental-noise research (e.g., Munzel et al, 2017) shows that sudden high-intensity noise can trigger stress-physiological reactions, supporting the interpretation of excessive horn use as a marker of tense or unsafe traffic interactions.
Blinker Usage Clear signaling reduces uncertainty and allows surrounding drivers and vulnerable road users to anticipate maneuvers. SAE field data estimate that turn-signal neglect contributes to millions of conflicts and crashes annually (Ponziani, 2012). Experimental studies show that proper indicator use improves other road users' ability to interpret intent, particularly for motorcyclists and pedestrians, reducing the likelihood of misjudgments that lead to conflicts (Micucci et al., 2019).

Study Takeaways

Analysis of large-scale operational data confirms that FSD (Supervised) exhibits a statistically and practically significant enhancement in key surrogate safety performance indicators across nearly every measured parameter when compared to manually driven Tesla vehicles.

  • A significantly lower AEB activation rate compared to manually driven Tesla vehicles. Since AEB intervenes only when a crash-likely trajectory is detected, each activation corresponds to a scenario with non-trivial crash risk. A lower rate indicates reduced exposure to imminent-collision scenarios.
  • Lower rates of both positive and negative high longitudinal-acceleration events (≥ 3 m/s²) per 1,000 miles, reflecting more stable acceleration and braking patterns. High-magnitude longitudinal events are associated with late hazard detection, tailgating, and unstable car-following behavior, all of which elevate crash likelihood.
  • Substantially fewer high lateral-acceleration events (≥ 3 m/s²) per 1,000 miles. Lateral acceleration above this threshold is a validated predictor of elevated crash and near-crash risk, making its reduction a meaningful indicator of smoother, safer driving.
  • Fewer horn events per 1,000 miles. While horn usage is commonly associated with aggressive driving, it is more broadly a marker of tense or unsafe traffic interactions. Elevated honking correlates with acute driver stress, frustration, and conflict with surrounding road users.
  • More blinker signals per 1,000 miles, indicating better signaling behavior and reduced turn-signal neglect. Proper indicator use reduces uncertainty for surrounding drivers and vulnerable road users, allowing them to better anticipate maneuvers and avoid conflicts.

For detailed research studies supporting the use of these surrogate safety metrics, please refer to the "Evidence-Based Rationale for Surrogate Safety Metrics" table above.

Part 1: AEB Rates by Control Type and Road Class (North America, 2025)

Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) is a leading safety indicator that activates when the vehicle detects an imminent collision and applies brakes automatically. Vehicles without active safety features do not include AEB capability, so "Manual (No Active Safety Features)" is excluded from this analysis.

IRR Comparison - AEB Rates by Control Type and Road Class (North America, 2025)

Part 1 Key Points:

  • FSD (Supervised) demonstrates a statistically significant reduction in AEB activation rates compared to manually driven Tesla vehicles with active safety features, indicating fewer near-miss scenarios and enhanced overall safety performance.
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Control Type Road Class Total Events Total Miles (M) Rate per Million Miles 95% CI Mean Variance Var/Mean Ratio Overdispersed?
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 1,353,483 11,409.10 118.632 [118.432, 118.832] 4.5k 1.6M 349.733 Yes
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 441,939 2,510.83 176.013 [175.495, 176.533] 1.5k 105.3k 72.399 Yes
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 1,909,337 8,258.19 231.205 [230.877, 231.533] 6.3k 2.1M 335.311 Yes
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 966,676 2,811.67 343.809 [343.124, 344.495] 3.2k 243.1k 76.454 Yes
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 37,287 1,205.98 30.918 [30.605, 31.234] 122.655 1.6k 13.057 Yes
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 6,930 201.38 34.413 [33.607, 35.233] 22.796 71.523 3.138 Yes
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 18,627 422.59 44.078 [43.447, 44.715] 61.273 513.110 8.374 Yes
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 4,590 82.11 55.900 [54.295, 57.541] 15.099 101.878 6.747 Yes

Regression Results

Road Class Comparison FSD Rate Baseline Rate IRR 95% CI Effect Size p-value Significant Model Used
Highway vs Manual (With Active Safety Features) 30.918 118.632 0.266 [0.255, 0.278] -73.4% 0.0000 *** Yes Neg. Binomial
Arterial vs Manual (With Active Safety Features) 34.413 176.013 0.198 [0.191, 0.205] -80.2% 0.0000 *** Yes Neg. Binomial
Urban Collectors vs Manual (With Active Safety Features) 44.078 231.205 0.192 [0.186, 0.198] -80.8% 0.0000 *** Yes Neg. Binomial
Local Access vs Manual (With Active Safety Features) 55.900 343.809 0.163 [0.158, 0.168] -83.7% 0.0000 *** Yes Neg. Binomial
Part 2: AEB Rates by Control Type and Road Class (Europe, Engineering Fleet)

This section presents AEB activation rates comparing FSD (Supervised) engineering fleet operations to customer-driven manually operated Tesla vehicles with active safety features in Europe. This provides a direct comparison of AEB activation rates in European driving conditions.

As noted in the overview, European FSD data is collected from engineering operators. Engineering operators are trained by Tesla to use the system with as little human input as possible. Due to this, surrogate safety metrics from the engineering fleet are appropriate to evaluate given the lack of driver input, making these metrics show the true performance of FSD (Supervised) on European roads.

IRR Comparison - AEB Rates by Control Type and Road Class (Europe, Engineering Fleet)

Part 2 Key Points:

  • FSD (Supervised) engineering fleet operations in Europe demonstrate a statistically significant reduction in AEB activation rates compared to customer-driven manually operated Tesla vehicles with active safety features on highway, arterial, and urban collector road classes, consistent with North American findings and indicating fewer near-miss scenarios across diverse European road conditions.
  • On local access roads, the FSD AEB rate (682.7 per million miles) is marginally above the manual baseline (653.6 per million miles). This is based on 37 AEB events over 54,000 miles of FSD driving, with wide confidence intervals (480.7 to 941.1) that overlap with the manual rate. The limited mileage, small event count, and the inclusion of multiple software versions in the data (including the transition from V13 to V14 around October 2025) contribute to the imprecision of this estimate. On all other road classes, FSD AEB rates are 77% to 97% lower than the manual baseline.
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Control Type Road Class Total Events Total Miles (M) Rate per Million Miles 95% CI Mean Variance Var/Mean Ratio Overdispersed?
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 418,997 3,722.37 112.562 [112.221, 112.903] 1.0k 463.3k 459.970 Yes
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 430,385 1,416.64 303.807 [302.900, 304.716] 1.0k 433.0k 420.528 Yes
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 1,031,523 2,270.17 454.382 [453.506, 455.260] 2.5k 2.6M 1050.497 Yes
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 513,845 786.19 653.588 [651.802, 655.378] 1.2k 699.2k 579.663 Yes
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 4 0.53 7.593 [2.069, 19.442] 0.010 0.010 0.993 No
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 1 0.15 6.703 [0.170, 37.344] 0.002 0.002 1.000 No
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 27 0.23 119.278 [78.605, 173.543] 0.066 0.115 1.753 No
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 37 0.05 682.737 [480.710, 941.063] 0.090 0.565 6.277 Yes

Regression Results

Road Class Comparison FSD Rate Baseline Rate IRR 95% CI Effect Size p-value Significant Model Used
Highway vs Manual (With Active Safety Features) 7.593 112.562 0.077 [0.029, 0.205] -92.3% 0.0000 *** Yes Neg. Binomial
Arterial vs Manual (With Active Safety Features) 6.703 303.807 0.025 [0.003, 0.176] -97.5% 0.0002 *** Yes Neg. Binomial
Urban Collectors vs Manual (With Active Safety Features) 119.278 454.382 0.297 [0.202, 0.437] -70.3% 0.0000 *** Yes Neg. Binomial
Local Access vs Manual (With Active Safety Features) 682.737 653.588 1.045 [nan, nan] +4.5% nan No Neg. Binomial
UNKNOWN_INVALID_SNA vs Manual (With Active Safety Features) 0.000 109.472 0.000 [nan, nan] -100.0% nan No Neg. Binomial
Part 3: Positive Longitudinal Acceleration Events (≥ 3 m/s²)

The following section outlines positive longitudinal acceleration events (≥ 3 m/s²) per 1,000 miles broken down by region, road class, and control type. Lower bars indicate fewer positive longitudinal acceleration events (≥ 3 m/s²) per 1,000 miles, which is associated with more stable acceleration patterns, more predictable driving behavior, and less risky driving profiles.

As noted in the overview, European FSD data is collected from engineering operators. Engineering operators are trained by Tesla to use the system with as little human input as possible. Due to this, surrogate safety metrics from the engineering fleet are appropriate to evaluate given the lack of driver input, making these metrics show the true performance of FSD (Supervised) on European roads.

IRR Comparison - Positive Longitudinal Acceleration Events (≥ 3 m/s²)

Part 4 Key Points:

FSD (Supervised) usage shows a statistically significant decrease in longitudinal acceleration events above 3 m/s² on both European and North American roads compared to manually driven Tesla vehicles with active safety features, indicating more stable acceleration patterns and less risky driving profiles.

IRR values range from 0.051 to 0.172 with a p-value < 0.001 across all regions and road classes, indicating significantly lower longitudinal acceleration events above 3 m/s² for FSD (Supervised) compared to manually driven Tesla vehicles with active safety features.

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Rate Data

Region Road Class Control Type Events Total Miles Rate per 1,000 miles 95% CI
North America Highway FSD (Supervised, HW4) 322,895 301,011,528 1.073 [1.069, 1.076]
North America Highway Manual (With Active Safety Features) 58,617,268 3,009,012,372 19.481 [19.476, 19.486]
North America Non-highway FSD (Supervised, HW4) 9,187,863 222,503,187 41.293 [41.266, 41.320]
North America Non-highway Manual (With Active Safety Features) 1,240,723,106 5,159,232,707 240.486 [240.473, 240.499]
Europe Highway Engineering - FSD (Supervised, HW4) 106 118,364 0.896 [0.733, 1.083]
Europe Highway Manual (With Active Safety Features) 31,794,845 1,810,939,301 17.557 [17.551, 17.563]
Europe Non-highway Engineering - FSD (Supervised, HW4) 1,426 130,511 10.926 [10.366, 11.508]
Europe Non-highway Manual (With Active Safety Features) 533,873,444 2,735,742,353 195.148 [195.131, 195.164]

Statistical Comparisons (FSD vs Manual)

Region Road Class FSD Rate Manual Rate IRR 95% CI Effect Size p-value Significance
Europe Highway 0.896 17.557 0.051 [0.042, 0.062] -94.9% 0.0000 *** significant
Europe Non-highway 10.926 195.148 0.056 [0.053, 0.059] -94.4% 0.0000 *** significant
North America Highway 1.073 19.481 0.055 [0.055, 0.055] -94.5% 0.0000 *** significant
North America Non-highway 41.293 240.486 0.172 [0.172, 0.172] -82.8% 0.0000 *** significant
Part 4: Negative Longitudinal Acceleration Events (≥ 3 m/s²) - Braking

The following section outlines negative longitudinal acceleration events (≥ 3 m/s²) per 1,000 miles broken down by region, road class, and control type. Lower bars indicate fewer negative longitudinal acceleration events (≥ 3 m/s²) per 1,000 miles, which is associated with smoother and more predictable braking behavior, more comfortable rides, and fewer potential near-miss scenarios.

As noted in the overview, European FSD data is collected from engineering operators. Engineering operators are trained by Tesla to use the system with as little human input as possible. Due to this, surrogate safety metrics from the engineering fleet are appropriate to evaluate given the lack of driver input, making these metrics show the true performance of FSD (Supervised) on European roads.

IRR Comparison - Negative Longitudinal Acceleration Events (≥ 3 m/s²) - Braking

Part 5 Key Points: FSD (Supervised) usage shows a statistically significant decrease in braking events above 3 m/s² on both European and North American roads compared to manually driven Tesla vehicles with active safety features, indicating smoother and safer driving behavior with fewer abrupt braking events.

IRR values range from 0.141 to 0.417 with a p-value < 0.001 across all regions and road classes, indicating significantly lower braking events above 3 m/s² for FSD (Supervised) compared to manually driven Tesla vehicles with active safety features.

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Rate Data

Region Road Class Control Type Events Total Miles Rate per 1,000 miles 95% CI
North America Highway FSD (Supervised, HW4) 231,683 301,011,528 0.770 [0.767, 0.773]
North America Highway Manual (With Active Safety Features) 5,550,561 3,009,012,372 1.845 [1.843, 1.846]
North America Non-highway FSD (Supervised, HW4) 679,452 222,503,187 3.054 [3.046, 3.061]
North America Non-highway Manual (With Active Safety Features) 84,141,099 5,159,232,707 16.309 [16.305, 16.312]
Europe Highway Engineering - FSD (Supervised, HW4) 24 118,364 0.203 [0.130, 0.302]
Europe Highway Manual (With Active Safety Features) 2,603,331 1,810,939,301 1.438 [1.436, 1.439]
Europe Non-highway Engineering - FSD (Supervised, HW4) 635 130,511 4.865 [4.494, 5.259]
Europe Non-highway Manual (With Active Safety Features) 42,635,800 2,735,742,353 15.585 [15.580, 15.589]

Statistical Comparisons (FSD vs Manual)

Region Road Class FSD Rate Manual Rate IRR 95% CI Effect Size p-value Significance
Europe Highway 0.203 1.438 0.141 [0.095, 0.210] -85.9% 0.0000 *** significant
Europe Non-highway 4.865 15.585 0.312 [0.289, 0.337] -68.8% 0.0000 *** significant
North America Highway 0.770 1.845 0.417 [0.416, 0.419] -58.3% 0.0000 *** significant
North America Non-highway 3.054 16.309 0.187 [0.187, 0.188] -81.3% 0.0000 *** significant
Part 5: Lateral Acceleration Events (≥ 3 m/s²)

The following section outlines lateral acceleration events (≥ 3 m/s²) per 1,000 miles broken down by region, road class, and control type. Lower bars indicate fewer lateral acceleration events (≥ 3 m/s²) per 1,000 miles, which is associated with smoother driving and fewer potential near-miss scenarios.

As noted in the overview, European FSD data is collected from engineering operators. Engineering operators are trained by Tesla to use the system with as little human input as possible. Due to this, surrogate safety metrics from the engineering fleet are appropriate to evaluate given the lack of driver input, making these metrics show the true performance of FSD (Supervised) on European roads.

IRR Comparison - Lateral Acceleration Events (≥ 3 m/s²)

Part 3 Key Points:

FSD (Supervised) usage shows a statistically significant decrease in lateral acceleration events above 3 m/s² on both European and North American roads compared to manually driven Tesla vehicles with active safety features, indicating fewer potential near-miss scenarios and smoother driving behavior.

IRR values range from 0.252 to 0.447 with a p-value < 0.001 across all regions and road classes, indicating significantly lower lateral acceleration events above 3 m/s² for FSD (Supervised) compared to manually driven Tesla vehicles with active safety features.

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Rate Data

Region Road Class Control Type Events Total Miles Rate per 1,000 miles 95% CI
North America Highway FSD (Supervised, HW4) 3,399,717 301,011,528 11.294 [11.282, 11.306]
North America Highway Manual (With Active Safety Features) 78,206,937 3,009,012,372 25.991 [25.985, 25.997]
North America Non-highway FSD (Supervised, HW4) 81,129,331 222,503,187 364.621 [364.542, 364.700]
North America Non-highway Manual (With Active Safety Features) 4,210,558,819 5,159,232,707 816.121 [816.096, 816.146]
Europe Highway Engineering - FSD (Supervised, HW4) 877 118,364 7.409 [6.927, 7.916]
Europe Highway Manual (With Active Safety Features) 53,397,347 1,810,939,301 29.486 [29.478, 29.494]
Europe Non-highway Engineering - FSD (Supervised, HW4) 39,693 130,511 304.135 [301.150, 307.142]
Europe Non-highway Manual (With Active Safety Features) 2,973,420,617 2,735,742,353 1086.879 [1086.840, 1086.918]

Statistical Comparisons (FSD vs Manual)

Region Road Class FSD Rate Manual Rate IRR 95% CI Effect Size p-value Significance
Europe Highway 7.409 29.486 0.251 [0.235, 0.268] -74.9% 0.0000 *** significant
Europe Non-highway 304.135 1086.879 0.280 [0.277, 0.283] -72.0% 0.0000 *** significant
North America Highway 11.294 25.991 0.435 [0.434, 0.435] -56.5% 0.0000 *** significant
North America Non-highway 364.621 816.121 0.447 [0.447, 0.447] -55.3% 0.0000 *** significant
Part 6: Horn Usage

The following section outlines horn usage per 1,000 miles broken down by region, road class, and control type. Lower bars indicate fewer horn events per 1,000 miles, which is associated with less aggressive driving behavior and reduced noise pollution.

Note: Horn events are not automatically triggered by the vehicle and require driver input to activate. Nonetheless, horn usage is included as a surrogate safety metric to assess overall driving behavior and interaction with other road users.

As noted in the overview, European FSD data is collected from engineering operators. Engineering operators are trained by Tesla to use the system with as little human input as possible. Due to this, surrogate safety metrics from the engineering fleet are appropriate to evaluate given the lack of driver input, making these metrics show the true performance of FSD (Supervised) on European roads.

IRR Comparison - Horn Usage

Part 2 Key Points:

FSD (Supervised) usage shows a statistically significant decrease in horn usage on both European and North American roads compared to manually driven Tesla vehicles with active safety features, indicating potentially less aggressive driving behavior.

IRR values range from 0.131 to 0.322 with a p-value < 0.001 across all regions and road classes, indicating significantly lower horn usage for FSD (Supervised) compared to manually driven Tesla vehicles with active safety features.

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Rate Data

Region Road Class Control Type Events Total Miles Rate per 1,000 miles 95% CI
North America Highway FSD (Supervised, HW4) 154,965 301,011,528 0.515 [0.512, 0.517]
North America Highway Manual (With Active Safety Features) 4,816,932 3,009,012,372 1.601 [1.599, 1.602]
North America Non-highway FSD (Supervised, HW4) 388,512 222,503,187 1.746 [1.741, 1.752]
North America Non-highway Manual (With Active Safety Features) 46,393,401 5,159,232,707 8.992 [8.990, 8.995]
Europe Highway Engineering - FSD (Supervised, HW4) 33 118,364 0.279 [0.192, 0.392]
Europe Highway Manual (With Active Safety Features) 2,587,926 1,810,939,301 1.429 [1.427, 1.431]
Europe Non-highway Engineering - FSD (Supervised, HW4) 154 130,511 1.180 [1.001, 1.382]
Europe Non-highway Manual (With Active Safety Features) 24,532,483 2,735,742,353 8.967 [8.964, 8.971]

Statistical Comparisons (FSD vs Manual)

Region Road Class FSD Rate Manual Rate IRR 95% CI Effect Size p-value Significance
Europe Highway 0.279 1.429 0.195 [0.139, 0.274] -80.5% 0.0000 *** significant
Europe Non-highway 1.180 8.967 0.132 [0.112, 0.154] -86.8% 0.0000 *** significant
North America Highway 0.515 1.601 0.322 [0.320, 0.323] -67.8% 0.0000 *** significant
North America Non-highway 1.746 8.992 0.194 [0.194, 0.195] -80.6% 0.0000 *** significant
Part 7: Blinker Usage

The following section outlines blinker usage per 1,000 miles broken down by region, road class, and control type. Higher bars indicate more blinker events per 1,000 miles. For more comprehensive lane change study analysis, please reference Study 3, which goes over FCW/AEB/Minor collisions during a lane change, and driver distraction throughout lane change maneuvers.

As noted in the overview, European FSD data is collected from engineering operators. Engineering operators are trained by Tesla to use the system with as little human input as possible. Due to this, surrogate safety metrics from the engineering fleet are appropriate to evaluate given the lack of driver input, making these metrics show the true performance of FSD (Supervised) on European roads.

IRR Comparison - Blinker Usage

Part 1 Key Points:

FSD (Supervised) usage shows a statistically significant increase in blinker usage on European roads compared to manually driven Tesla vehicles with active safety features, indicating more consistent signaling behavior and lack of turn signal neglect.

  • Europe
    • FSD (Supervised) engineering operations show that blinker usage is significantly higher than manually driven Tesla vehicles with active safety features across all road classes, indicating more consistent signaling behavior.
  • North America
    • FSD (Supervised) blinker usage has a 1.071 IRR on highway, indicating slightly higher blinker events on highway, with 0.994 off-highway, indicating marginally less usage off-highway in North America. This could be due to the distribution of driving on and the differences to manually driven Tesla vehicles.
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Rate Data

Region Road Class Control Type Events Total Miles Rate per 1,000 miles 95% CI
North America Highway FSD (Supervised, HW4) 233,413,850 301,011,528 775.432 [775.332, 775.531]
North America Highway Manual (With Active Safety Features) 2,178,390,116 3,009,012,372 723.955 [723.925, 723.986]
North America Non-highway FSD (Supervised, HW4) 369,086,851 222,503,187 1658.794 [1658.624, 1658.963]
North America Non-highway Manual (With Active Safety Features) 8,606,105,758 5,159,232,707 1668.098 [1668.063, 1668.133]
Europe Highway Engineering - FSD (Supervised, HW4) 122,174 118,364 1032.188 [1026.408, 1037.992]
Europe Highway Manual (With Active Safety Features) 1,509,724,961 1,810,939,301 833.670 [833.628, 833.712]
Europe Non-highway Engineering - FSD (Supervised, HW4) 303,776 130,511 2327.588 [2319.318, 2335.880]
Europe Non-highway Manual (With Active Safety Features) 4,287,459,503 2,735,742,353 1567.201 [1567.155, 1567.248]

Statistical Comparisons (FSD vs Manual)

Region Road Class FSD Rate Manual Rate IRR 95% CI Effect Size p-value Significance
Europe Highway 1032.188 833.670 1.238 [1.231, 1.245] +23.8% 0.0000 *** significant
Europe Non-highway 2327.588 1567.201 1.485 [1.480, 1.490] +48.5% 0.0000 *** significant
North America Highway 775.432 723.955 1.071 [1.071, 1.071] +7.1% 0.0000 *** significant
North America Non-highway 1658.794 1668.098 0.994 [0.994, 0.995] -0.6% 0.0000 *** significant
Study 3: Lane Change Safety Analysis

This study compares safety-critical event rates during lane changes in North America, separated by highway and non-highway roads. The analysis examines three key metrics: Minor Collision events (minor collisions), Forward Collision Warning (FCW) events, and Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) events per 10,000 lane changes. Vehicles without active safety features do not include AEB capability, so "Manual (No Active Safety Features)" is excluded from this analysis.

Statistical Model: Negative Binomial regression is used for all metrics in this study. Overdispersion testing (Pearson chi-squared dispersion ratio) on daily-aggregated lane change data showed dispersion ratios ranging from 3.0 to 156.0 across all metric and road type combinations, well above the threshold of 2.0, necessitating Negative Binomial over Poisson regression to account for the excess variance in event counts.

Lane Change Definition: A lane change is defined as a maneuver where the vehicle crosses a lane marking while the turn signal is active. All lane changes in this study occur where lane markings are present.

Trigger Condition: The trigger sources lane change scenarios based on the following conditions: (1) Vehicle eligibility: The trigger is deployed to all Hardware 4 vehicles with the FSD (Supervised) toggle enabled. This means that the "Manual (With Active Safety Features)" control group in this study consists exclusively of HW4 vehicles whose owners have opted in to FSD — the same vehicle population as FSD (Supervised). (2) Blinker activation: The vehicle's turn signal (blinker) is turned on, indicating an intent to change lanes. (3) Lane crossing: Ego is detected to have crossed the lane line.

Exemption Relevance: This study provides primary evidence for Exemption Requests 1, 2, and 3. Part 1 supports Exemption 1 (SIMs and HOR withholding on highways) with a 99% reduction in minor collisions during highway lane changes. Part 2 supports Exemption 2 (SIMs and HOR withholding on non-highway roads) with a 95% reduction in minor collisions across 214M non-highway lane changes. Part 3 supports Exemption 3 (no SIM inhibition based on driver state) by showing only 2.5% of lane changes had a DMS warning in the prior 7 seconds. Part 4 extends this with eye gaze analysis confirming that over 90% of drivers perform at least one relevant situational awareness check before encroachment.

Study Takeaways

Across over 377 million lane changes, FSD (Supervised) demonstrates statistically significant improvement across all surrogate safety metrics and all road classes presented during a lane change.

Additionally, driver distraction during system-initiated lane changes is exceptionally rare, with DMS warnings occurring in 2.49% of lane changes and EOR requests in 0.60% of lane changes (averaged across highway and non-highway roads). This indicates high driver engagement and attentiveness during FSD (Supervised) maneuvers.

Highway Lane Changes:

  • Minor Collision events: IRR 0.01 (95% CI: [0.005, 0.020]), p=<0.0001

  • FCW events: IRR 0.03 (95% CI: [0.025, 0.026]), p=<0.0001

  • AEB events: IRR 0.18 (95% CI: [0.169, 0.190]), p=<0.0001

Non-highway Lane Changes:

  • Minor Collision events: IRR 0.05 (95% CI: [0.038, 0.076]), p=<0.0001

  • FCW events: IRR 0.11 (95% CI: [0.112, 0.114]), p=<0.0001

  • AEB events: IRR 0.21 (95% CI: [0.198, 0.222]), p=<0.0001

Driver situational awareness analysis across 28,307 EU engineering vehicle lane changes (manual and FSD (Supervised) combined) confirms that FSD (Supervised) enhances rather than reduces situational awareness. FSD (Supervised) produces higher cumulative awareness than manual driving in both directions (left: 92.4% vs 90.7%; right: 91.8% vs 81.4%), providing strong evidence against overreliance or complacency.

Part 1: Highway Lane Change Safety Analysis

This analysis compares safety-critical event rates during lane changes on highway roads. Each row shows a specific metric (Minor Collision events, FCW, AEB) with the rate comparison chart on the left and the Incidence Rate Ratio (IRR) forest plot on the right.

Note: During the study period, there were zero major collisions during FSD (Supervised) lane changes on highway roads.

Data Period: October 6 to November 26, 2025.

Part 1 Key Takeaway

Across 163 million highway lane changes, FSD (Supervised) demonstrates statistically significant safety improvements across every surrogate safety metric presented:

  • Minor Collision events: IRR 0.01 (95% CI: [0.005, 0.020]), p=<0.0001
  • FCW events: IRR 0.03 (95% CI: [0.025, 0.026]), p=<0.0001
  • AEB events: IRR 0.18 (95% CI: [0.169, 0.190]), p=<0.0001
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Control Type Lane Changes Near Deployments Near Deployments Rate
(per 10k)
FCW Events FCW Rate
(per 10k)
AEB Events AEB Rate
(per 10k)
FSD (Supervised HW4) 163,035,595 8 0.0005 12567 0.77 1385 0.08
Manual (Active Safety) 105,933,655 528 0.05 323674 30.55 5024 0.47

Statistical Comparisons (FSD vs Manual)

Metric IRR 95% CI Significance
Near Deployments 0.010 [0.005, 0.020] ***
FCW Events 0.025 [0.025, 0.026] ***
AEB Events 0.179 [0.169, 0.190] ***
Part 2: Non-highway Lane Change Safety Analysis

This analysis compares safety-critical event rates during lane changes on non-highway roads. Each row shows a specific metric (Minor Collision events, FCW, AEB) with the rate comparison chart on the left and the Incidence Rate Ratio (IRR) forest plot on the right.

Note: During the study period, there were zero major collisions during FSD (Supervised) lane changes on non-highway roads.

Data Period: October 6 to November 26, 2025.

Part 2 Key Takeaway

Across 214 million non-highway lane changes, FSD (Supervised) demonstrates statistically significant safety improvements across every surrogate safety metric presented:

  • Minor Collision events: IRR 0.05 (95% CI: [0.038, 0.076]), p=<0.0001
  • FCW events: IRR 0.11 (95% CI: [0.112, 0.114]), p=<0.0001
  • AEB events: IRR 0.21 (95% CI: [0.198, 0.222]), p=<0.0001
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Control Type Lane Changes Near Deployments Near Deployments Rate
(per 10k)
FCW Events FCW Rate
(per 10k)
AEB Events AEB Rate
(per 10k)
FSD (Supervised HW4) 214,434,550 34 0.002 71239 3.32 1320 0.06
Manual (Active Safety) 393,721,865 1158 0.03 1154972 29.33 11561 0.29

Statistical Comparisons (FSD vs Manual)

Metric IRR 95% CI Significance
Near Deployments 0.054 [0.038, 0.076] ***
FCW Events 0.113 [0.112, 0.114] ***
AEB Events 0.210 [0.198, 0.222] ***
Part 3: Lane Change Distraction States

This section analyzes the total number of system initiated maneuvers (lane changes) completed in North America on FSD (Supervised, HW4), and what percentage of those have an Eyes On Road (EOR) request or DMS warning (any EOR or Hands On Request) in the 7 seconds preceding the lane change.

Data Period: October 6th to December 5th, 2025.

Part 3 Key Takeaway

Driver distraction during system-initiated lane changes is rare, indicating high driver engagement during FSD (Supervised) maneuvers:

Highway: - Only 2.16% of lane changes had a DMS warning in the preceding 7 seconds - Only 0.57% of lane changes had an EOR request in the preceding 7 seconds

Non-highway: - Only 2.81% of lane changes had a DMS warning in the preceding 7 seconds - Only 0.62% of lane changes had an EOR request in the preceding 7 seconds

These low percentages demonstrate that drivers remain highly attentive during system-initiated maneuvers across both highway and non-highway environments.

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Road Class Total Lane Changes With DMS Warning (7s before) With EOR (7s before) % with DMS % with EOR
Non-highway 292,780,592.0 8,224,093.0 1,813,326.0 2.81% 0.62%
Highway 220,449,428.0 4,771,567.0 1,260,076.0 2.16% 0.57%
Part 4: Driver Situational Awareness During Lane Changes

This analysis compares driver situational awareness during manual driving and FSD (Supervised) lane changes by tracking visual attention patterns in the 5 seconds preceding lane line encroachment. Using the Driver Monitoring System (DMS) at 0.1-second resolution across 28,307 lane changes from EU engineering vehicles, we first establish a manual driving baseline and then compare FSD (Supervised) performance against it. Two complementary views are presented for each driving mode: (1) the full distribution of visual attention across gaze regions over time, and (2) the cumulative percentage of drivers who performed at least one relevant safety check (side mirror, side window, screen, or rearview mirror) prior to crossing the lane line. Note that gaze region classification is based on the DMS neural network, which considers multiple factors including eye gaze, head posture, and other inputs to predict the visual attention location.

Note: An additional document was submitted comparing these engineering vehicle results to customer-proxy demonstration drives from the ride-along program, where drivers are not trained safety drivers. Those results are consistent with the engineering fleet findings presented here.

Manual Driving Baseline: Distribution of Visual Attention Patterns

The following charts establish the manual driving baseline using 12,294 lane changes from EU engineering vehicles driven without FSD (Supervised). Each chart shows the percentage of drivers looking in each gaze direction at every 0.1-second interval during the 5 seconds before lane line encroachment.

Manual Driving Baseline: Cumulative Relevant Awareness

These charts track the cumulative percentage of manually driving drivers who performed at least one relevant safety check (side mirror, side window, screen, or rearview mirror) from -5.0s up to each time value on the x-axis, where t=0.0s represents the timestamp of lane line encroachment.

FSD (Supervised): Distribution of Visual Attention Patterns

The following charts show the same analysis for 16,013 lane changes driven with FSD (Supervised) on EU engineering vehicles. Each measurement is based on the visual attention location which the Driver Monitoring System (DMS) predicts with the highest confidence at that timestamp.

FSD (Supervised): Cumulative Relevant Awareness

These charts track the cumulative percentage of drivers using FSD (Supervised) who performed at least one relevant safety check from -5.0s up to each time value on the x-axis.

Part 4 Key Takeaways

Cumulative Relevant Awareness (Manual: 12,294 lane changes | FSD (Supervised): 16,013 lane changes):

  • Aligned Starting Points and Trajectories: Cumulative relevant-check curves start at closely aligned levels (21–26% at t=−5s) and follow similar trajectories across all four conditions, validating the measurement method and showing that final values are not disproportionately influenced by starting percentages.
  • Higher Awareness with FSD (Supervised): FSD (Supervised) produces higher cumulative awareness than manual driving in both directions (left: 92.4% vs 90.7%; right: 91.8% vs 81.4% at t=0), with the largest final gap on right lane changes (>10 percentage points), directly showing that a supervisory role under FSD (Supervised) enhances rather than reduces situational awareness.
  • Rapid Achievement of High Compliance: Across both left and right lane changes, ≥74% of drivers have already performed a relevant check by t=−2s and ≥79% by t=−1s, with FSD (Supervised) reaching ≥85% and ≥89% respectively; final FSD (Supervised) values near 92% demonstrate consistently high attentiveness.
  • Proactive Timing of Checks: The steepest increases for FSD (Supervised) occur between t=−5s and t=−4s, then from t=−4s to t=−3s, indicating proactive, anticipatory checking well in advance of the maneuver rather than reactive or surprise-driven glances.
  • Evidence Against Overreliance: These patterns provide strong evidence against overreliance or complacency: shifting the driver from primary control to supervision does not diminish, and in several cases improves, the performance of safety-critical visual checks.

Visual Attention Distribution Patterns:

  • ADAS preserves natural attention dynamics: Across conditions, FSD (Supervised) and manual driving show similar temporal gaze patterns (e.g., buildup of checks peaking ~1–2s before lane crossing), indicating that driving on FSD (Supervised) does not disrupt established lane-change scanning behavior.
  • More targeted attention toward the maneuver direction on FSD (Supervised): In most scenarios, FSD (Supervised) drivers allocate more sustained gaze to the target side (left/right) while manual drivers split attention more evenly — suggesting driving on FSD (Supervised) enables more focused monitoring of the highest-risk area, while manual driving results in more attention sharing (potentially a result of switching back and forth between applicable areas).
  • No degradation in forward monitoring: Time spent looking forward remains comparable between FSD (Supervised) and manual, indicating that supervision does not come at the expense of road-ahead awareness.
  • Reduced off-road glances and maintained mirror use: FSD (Supervised) shows less downward (non-relevant) gaze and similar or increased rearview mirror usage, pointing to fewer distractions and preserved (or improved) situational awareness habits.
  • No evidence of abnormal or risky attention allocation: Both modes show predictable, task-aligned shifts in attention toward relevant regions before lane crossing, with no disproportionate or erratic gaze patterns under FSD (Supervised).
Study 4: Driver Distraction & Fatigue

FSD (Supervised) assists the driver with sustained lateral and longitudinal vehicle motion control, reducing the cognitive demands of driving. A less fatigued, more alert driver is better positioned to maintain situational awareness and intervene when necessary — a critical safety factor for any SAE Level 2 system. This study examines whether FSD (Supervised) usage is associated with lower driver fatigue levels compared to manual driving, using fatigue events detected by the Driver Monitoring System on highway roads.

Statistical Model: Poisson regression is used for the fatigue rate comparison, with the Incidence Rate Ratio (IRR) computed as the FSD rate divided by the manual rate and confidence intervals derived from the normal approximation for the log-IRR.

Exemption Relevance: This study provides primary evidence for Exemption Requests 1 and 3. Part 1 demonstrates that compared to manually driven Tesla vehicles with active safety features, FSD (Supervised) drivers experience one-third the fatigue events (IRR 0.333, p<0.001), supporting Exemption 1 (SIMs and HOR withholding on highways) and Exemption 3 (no SIM inhibition based on driver state).

Study Takeaways

Highway fatigue analysis indicates that FSD (Supervised) usage is associated with significantly lower driver fatigue event rates compared to manually driven Tesla vehicles.

  • IRR of 0.333 (95% CI: [0.306, 0.362], p<0.001) demonstrates that drivers using FSD (Supervised) experience approximately one-third the fatigue events per 1,000 miles compared to manually driven Tesla vehicles with active safety features.
Part 1: Highway Fatigue Events (2025, North America)
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Driver Fatigue Data

Control Type Miles Fatigue Events Events per 1,000 miles 95% CI Lower 95% CI Upper
Manual (With Active Safety Features) 2,053,356 2,744 1.34 1.29 1.39
FSD (Supervised, HW4) 1,575,803 701 0.44 0.41 0.48

Statistical Comparison (FSD vs Manual)

Road Type Comparison FSD Rate Manual Rate IRR 95% CI p-value Significant
Highway FSD (Supervised, HW4) vs Manual (With Active Safety Features) 0.445 1.336 0.333 [0.306, 0.362] 0.0000 *** Yes
Study 5: Fleet Collision Rates by Control Type and Road Class

This section presents collision rate comparisons between FSD (Supervised) and manually driven Tesla vehicles (both with and without active safety features) across all road classes. Regional comparisons to European driving conditions are also provided to contextualize performance metrics. Below are definitions and classifications used throughout this study.

Collision Definition

Tesla records collision events in accordance with 49 C.F.R. § 563.5, which defines a collision event as a crash or physical occurrence that causes any non-reversible deployable restraint to be deployed or that meets or exceeds the trigger threshold of a change in velocity (Delta-V) of 8 km/h occurring within a 150-millisecond period. Delta-V measures the change in a vehicle's velocity during a collision and is widely used in crash analysis to quantify impact severity. A higher Delta-V indicates greater forces acting on the vehicle and its occupants, making it a reliable indicator for discriminating between impact severities across a broad spectrum of collisions.

Consistent with 49 C.F.R. § 563.5, Tesla separates collisions into two categories:

Deployment collisions tend to have higher severity impacts where the vehicle's airbags or other non-reversible pyrotechnic restraints are deployed. Tesla refers to these collisions as "major collisions" in this report.

Non-deployment collisions tend to have lower severity impacts (Delta-V ≥ 8 km/h within 150 milliseconds) where neither airbags nor any other non-reversible pyrotechnic restraints are deployed. Tesla refers to these collisions as "minor collisions" in this report.

Collision Classification

If FSD (Supervised) was active at any point within five seconds leading up to a collision event, Tesla considers the collision to have occurred with FSD (Supervised) engaged for purposes of calculating collision rates. This approach accounts for the time required for drivers to recognize potential hazards and take manual control of the vehicle. This calculation ensures that our reported collision rates for FSD (Supervised) capture not only collisions that occur while the system is actively controlling the vehicle, but also scenarios where a driver may disengage the system or where the system aborts on its own shortly before impact.

Data Period

All collision and mileage data in this study covers January through October for both 2024 and 2025. The dataset was frozen as of October 2025 to undergo a comprehensive data validation and audit process conducted in collaboration with RDW, which spanned several months. This audit included verification of control type attribution, collision event deduplication, and confirmation against vehicle telemetry records. Using the same calendar months for both years ensures a consistent seasonal comparison window.


Exemption Relevance: This study contributes to the overall safety case underlying all exemption requests. It is directly relevant to Exemption Request 2 (SIMs and HOR withholding on non-highway roads): compared to manually driven Tesla vehicles with active safety features, FSD (Supervised) shows statistically significant lower collision rates on all non-highway road classes (arterial major IRR 0.31, urban collectors IRR 0.50, local access IRR 0.60). Compared to vehicles without active safety features, reductions are even larger (arterial IRR 0.10, urban collectors IRR 0.26, local access IRR 0.29). Parts 7-8 support Exemption Requests 1 and 2 by showing North American FSD (Supervised) outperforms European manual driving across most road classes.

Study Takeaways

  • FSD (Supervised) demonstrates statistically significantly lower major and minor collision rates compared to Manually driven Tesla vehicles (with and without active safety features) across all road classes in North America, indicating improved safety performance.
  • Temporal trends show statistically significant decreases in both major and minor collision rates for FSD (Supervised) over 2024-2025 across non-highway road classes,suggesting ongoing system improvements via software updates.
    • While collision rates are trending downward for FSD (Supervised), Manually driven Tesla vehicles have not shown similar improvements.
    • Collision rates are going down despite increased fleet mileage and decreased disengagement rates, indicating that FSD (Supervised) is becoming safer even as drivers rely on it more.
    • Highway collision rates have slightly increased, however, exposure has increased by a large amount.
  • Regional comparisons show that European driving is statistically safer than North American driving for both major and minor collisions for all control types.
    • Despite European roads being statistically safer to drive on, North American FSD (Supervised) still outperforms European Manual driving across all control types and road classes across all point estimates, with a majority showing statistical significance.
    • For a direct comparison of NA to EU performance, please reference Study 2: Surrogate Safety Metrics.
Overdispersion Testing by Control Type and Road Class (North American Collisions)

Why Test for Overdispersion by Control Type and Road Class?

Following best practices in count data analysis (Cameron & Trivedi, 1990), we test each control type × road class combination separately for overdispersion. This approach recognizes that different driving conditions may have different variance characteristics.

Method: For each group, we calculate the variance-to-mean ratio from the daily collision counts. If ratio > 2, we use Negative Binomial regression for that comparison; otherwise, Poisson regression is appropriate.

Why this matters: Using the wrong model can lead to overly optimistic (too narrow) confidence intervals. By testing each group separately and using the appropriate model, we ensure our safety estimates are conservative and statistically valid.

Per-Group Overdispersion Test Results

Note: Mean and Variance are calculated from daily collision counts for each control type × road class combination over the study period.

Control Type Road Class N Days Major Collisions Minor Collisions
Mean Variance Var/Mean Overdispersed? Mean Variance Var/Mean Overdispersed?
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 304 0.095 0.100 1.05 No 0.385 0.422 1.10 No
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 304 0.467 0.487 1.04 No 1.586 1.854 1.17 No
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 304 0.161 0.169 1.05 No 0.391 0.430 1.10 No
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 304 0.533 0.540 1.01 No 1.431 1.923 1.34 No
Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 304 0.076 0.077 1.01 No 0.000 0.000 0.00 No
Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 304 0.148 0.140 0.94 No 0.000 0.000 0.00 No
Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 304 0.132 0.128 0.97 No 0.000 0.000 0.00 No
Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 304 0.266 0.275 1.03 No 0.000 0.000 0.00 No
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 304 3.793 3.960 1.04 No 11.740 14.912 1.27 No
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 304 7.993 29.267 3.66 Yes 31.411 92.626 2.95 Yes
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 304 9.243 9.069 0.98 No 25.750 37.383 1.45 No
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 304 20.641 19.373 0.94 No 58.125 113.522 1.95 No

Model Selection Based on Overdispersion

For each pairwise comparison (e.g., FSD vs Manual on Highway), we check if either group shows overdispersion. If so, we use Negative Binomial regression for that comparison. Otherwise, we use Poisson regression.

This conservative approach ensures that statistical estimates account for any excess variability in the data, providing more reliable confidence intervals and p-values.

Part 1: Major Incidents per Million Miles (2025, North America)

IRR Comparison - Major Incidents per Million Miles (2025, North America)

Part 1 Key Takeaways

  • Significant decrease in major incidents per million miles when using FSD (Supervised) compared to all control types on all road classes.
    • Comparisons to other control types show all 12 point estimates show IRRs below 1, with 10 of the 12 being statistically significant (p < 0.05).
  • Comparing to the average U.S. vehicle (vehicles without active safety features), IRR ranges from 0.104 to 0.29, all with p-values < 0.001.
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Control Type Road Class Total Events Total Miles (M) Rate per Million Miles 95% CI Mean Variance Var/Mean Ratio Overdispersed?
Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 45 70.00 0.643 [0.469, 0.860] 0.148 0.140 0.944 No
Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 23 16.55 1.390 [0.881, 2.086] 0.076 0.077 1.015 No
Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 81 54.62 1.483 [1.178, 1.843] 0.266 0.275 1.033 No
Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 40 19.43 2.058 [1.471, 2.803] 0.132 0.128 0.972 No
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 2,430 11,409.10 0.213 [0.205, 0.222] 7.993 29.267 3.661 Yes
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 1,153 2,510.83 0.459 [0.433, 0.487] 3.793 3.960 1.044 No
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 6,275 8,258.19 0.760 [0.741, 0.779] 20.641 19.373 0.939 No
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 2,810 2,811.67 0.999 [0.963, 1.037] 9.243 9.069 0.981 No
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 142 1,205.98 0.118 [0.099, 0.139] 0.467 0.487 1.043 No
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 29 201.38 0.144 [0.096, 0.207] 0.095 0.100 1.046 No
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 162 422.59 0.383 [0.327, 0.447] 0.533 0.540 1.014 No
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 49 82.11 0.597 [0.441, 0.789] 0.161 0.169 1.046 No

Regression Results

Road Class Comparison FSD Rate Baseline Rate IRR 95% CI Effect Size p-value Significant Model Used
Highway vs Manual (No Active Safety Features) 0.118 0.643 0.183 [0.131, 0.256] -81.7% 0.0000 *** Yes Poisson
Highway vs Manual (With Active Safety Features) 0.118 0.213 0.550 [0.458, 0.661] -45.0% 0.0000 *** Yes Neg. Binomial
Arterial vs Manual (No Active Safety Features) 0.144 1.390 0.104 [0.060, 0.179] -89.6% 0.0000 *** Yes Poisson
Arterial vs Manual (With Active Safety Features) 0.144 0.459 0.314 [0.217, 0.453] -68.6% 0.0000 *** Yes Poisson
Urban Collectors vs Manual (No Active Safety Features) 0.383 1.483 0.259 [0.198, 0.338] -74.1% 0.0000 *** Yes Poisson
Urban Collectors vs Manual (With Active Safety Features) 0.383 0.760 0.505 [0.432, 0.590] -49.5% 0.0000 *** Yes Poisson
Local Access vs Manual (No Active Safety Features) 0.597 2.058 0.290 [0.191, 0.440] -71.0% 0.0000 *** Yes Poisson
Local Access vs Manual (With Active Safety Features) 0.597 0.999 0.597 [0.450, 0.792] -40.3% 0.0003 *** Yes Poisson
Part 2: Major Incidents - Year over Year Comparison (2024 vs 2025, North America)

Year-over-Year Comparison: Each chart below represents one road class, showing all control types compared between 2024 and 2025. Both years are filtered to the same 10-month period for consistency (January to October).

Note on year-over-year variation: Small fluctuations in rate estimates between years are expected. In 2024, FSD accumulated significantly fewer miles, resulting in rate estimates with wider confidence intervals. Year-over-year changes where confidence intervals overlap or where the IRR is not statistically significant (p > 0.05) should not be interpreted as meaningful trends. The overall regression analysis in Part 1, based on the full 2025 dataset with substantially greater statistical power, provides the most reliable safety comparison.

IRR Comparison - Major Incidents - Year over Year Comparison (2024 vs 2025, North America)

Part 2 Key Takeaways

  • FSD (Supervised) has improved in terms of major collision rates year over year across every non-highway road class.
    • This data, paired with disengagement rate improvements (see study 4) and total mileage increases (see study 1), indicate that FSD (Supervised) is becoming safer, more reliable, and drivers are becoming more comfortable using it.
  • Manually driven Tesla vehicles have not shown similar improvements.
  • On highways, the nominal 17% year-over-year increase in FSD major collision rates is not statistically significant (p=0.439, IRR 95% CI: 0.785 to 1.746, spanning both improvement and increase). The 2024 highway rate was based on 29 events over 288M miles, while the 2025 rate is based on 142 events over 1,206M miles, providing greater statistical power. Other control types also showed nominal increases on highways (Manual with Active Safety: +4.6%, Manual without Active Safety: +4.3%, both also not significant), suggesting this is not an FSD-specific trend, as all control types moved in the same direction on highways. FSD remains 45% safer than manually driven Tesla vehicles with active safety features on highways (IRR 0.55, p < 0.001) in the overall 2025 analysis.
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Year-over-Year Change Summary

Control Type Road Class 2024 Events 2024 Miles (M) 2024 Rate 2024 95% CI 2025 Events 2025 Miles (M) 2025 Rate 2025 95% CI Absolute Change Percent Change Mean Variance Var/Mean Ratio Overdispersed?
Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 48 77.88 0.616 [0.454, 0.817] 45 70.00 0.643 [0.469, 0.860] +0.026 +4.3% 0.148 0.140 0.944 No
Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 31 21.78 1.424 [0.967, 2.021] 23 16.55 1.390 [0.881, 2.086] -0.034 -2.4% 0.076 0.077 1.015 No
Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 71 56.89 1.248 [0.975, 1.574] 81 54.62 1.483 [1.178, 1.843] +0.235 +18.8% 0.266 0.275 1.033 No
Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 29 21.02 1.380 [0.924, 1.981] 40 19.43 2.058 [1.471, 2.803] +0.679 +49.2% 0.132 0.128 0.972 No
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 2,065 9613.52 0.215 [0.206, 0.224] 2,430 11409.01 0.213 [0.205, 0.222] -0.002 -0.8% 1.599 6.793 4.249 Yes
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 1,101 2159.46 0.510 [0.480, 0.541] 1,153 2510.81 0.459 [0.433, 0.487] -0.051 -9.9% 0.759 1.405 1.852 No
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 5,342 6889.53 0.775 [0.755, 0.796] 6,275 8258.12 0.760 [0.741, 0.779] -0.016 -2.0% 4.128 23.825 5.771 Yes
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 2,347 2297.93 1.021 [0.980, 1.064] 2,810 2811.64 0.999 [0.963, 1.037] -0.022 -2.1% 1.849 5.238 2.834 Yes
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 29 288.36 0.101 [0.067, 0.144] 142 1205.97 0.118 [0.099, 0.139] +0.017 +17.1% 0.467 0.487 1.043 No
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 10 41.48 0.241 [0.116, 0.443] 29 201.38 0.144 [0.096, 0.207] -0.097 -40.3% 0.095 0.100 1.046 No
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 53 78.89 0.672 [0.503, 0.879] 162 422.59 0.383 [0.327, 0.447] -0.288 -42.9% 0.533 0.540 1.014 No
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 14 13.47 1.039 [0.568, 1.743] 49 82.11 0.597 [0.441, 0.789] -0.442 -42.6% 0.161 0.169 1.046 No

Regression Results

Manual (No Active Safety Features)
Road Class Comparison 2024 Rate 2025 Rate IRR 95% CI Effect Size p-value Significant Model Used
Highway 2025 vs 2024 0.616 0.643 1.043 [0.694, 1.566] +4.3% 0.8393 No Poisson
Arterial 2025 vs 2024 1.424 1.390 0.976 [0.569, 1.674] -2.4% 0.9306 No Poisson
Urban Collectors 2025 vs 2024 1.248 1.483 1.188 [0.864, 1.634] +18.8% 0.2888 No Poisson
Local Access 2025 vs 2024 1.380 2.058 1.492 [0.925, 2.406] +49.2% 0.1009 No Poisson
Manual (With Active Safety Features)
Road Class Comparison 2024 Rate 2025 Rate IRR 95% CI Effect Size p-value Significant Model Used
Highway 2025 vs 2024 0.215 0.213 1.046 [0.932, 1.174] +4.6% 0.4487 No Neg. Binomial
Arterial 2025 vs 2024 0.510 0.459 0.901 [0.829, 0.978] -9.9% 0.0131 * Yes Poisson
Urban Collectors 2025 vs 2024 0.775 0.760 1.012 [0.918, 1.115] +1.2% 0.8160 No Neg. Binomial
Local Access 2025 vs 2024 1.021 0.999 1.003 [0.899, 1.118] +0.3% 0.9628 No Neg. Binomial
FSD (Supervised, HW4)
Road Class Comparison 2024 Rate 2025 Rate IRR 95% CI Effect Size p-value Significant Model Used
Highway 2025 vs 2024 0.101 0.118 1.171 [0.785, 1.746] +17.1% 0.4390 No Poisson
Arterial 2025 vs 2024 0.241 0.144 0.597 [0.291, 1.226] -40.3% 0.1600 No Poisson
Urban Collectors 2025 vs 2024 0.672 0.383 0.571 [0.418, 0.778] -42.9% 0.0004 *** Yes Poisson
Local Access 2025 vs 2024 1.039 0.597 0.574 [0.317, 1.040] -42.6% 0.0673 † Approaching Poisson
Part 3: Major Incidents - Quarterly Trends (Q1 2024 to Q4 2025, North America)

Quarterly Trends: Each chart shows the trend in major collision rates over time (Q1 2024 to Q4 2025) for one road class. Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals. Data includes only January to October for both years.

Note: Quarterly rates are subject to seasonal variations in driving conditions and behavior.

Note on quarterly variation: In early 2024, FSD mileage was lower (e.g., Q1 2024: ~37M total miles across all road classes), producing rate estimates with wide confidence intervals. Individual quarters with small collision counts (1 to 5 events) can produce rate estimates that may appear to overlap with or exceed baseline rates. These do not represent meaningful differences given the limited sample size. The key signals in these charts are the overall trend direction and the progressive narrowing of confidence intervals as FSD mileage has grown over 4x from 2024 to 2025, reflecting increasing statistical precision.

Part 3 Key Takeaways

  • We observe that FSD (Supervised) shows temporal improvement trends on most road classes.
    • Conversely, manually driven Tesla vehicles have not shown similar improvements, with some quarters showing increases in major collision rates.
  • The key aspects of the quarterly charts are the trend direction and the tightening of confidence intervals over time. In early 2024, FSD mileage was lower (e.g., Q1 2024: 27M highway miles vs. Q3 2025: 400M+ highway miles), resulting in wider confidence intervals. As the fleet has scaled over 4x, rate estimates have stabilized with narrower confidence bounds, reflecting increasing statistical precision.
  • In early 2024, some non-highway road classes show FSD rates marginally above the manual baseline in individual quarters. These are based on small collision counts (e.g., 1 to 5 events) over limited mileage, producing wide confidence intervals that overlap with the baseline. These do not represent meaningful differences given the insufficient sample size in those periods.
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Quarter Control Type Road Class Total Miles Events Rate (per Million Miles) 95% CI Lower 95% CI Upper
2024 Q1 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 3,411,176 0 0.00 0.00 1.08
2024 Q1 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 27,376,549 1 0.04 0.00 0.20
2024 Q1 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 873,494 1 1.14 0.03 6.38
2024 Q1 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 5,731,544 5 0.87 0.28 2.04
2024 Q1 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 6,386,118 20 3.13 1.91 4.84
2024 Q1 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 22,604,521 10 0.44 0.21 0.81
2024 Q1 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 6,122,849 8 1.31 0.56 2.57
2024 Q1 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 16,535,055 27 1.63 1.08 2.38
2024 Q1 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 586,134,025 347 0.59 0.53 0.66
2024 Q1 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 2,575,974,646 795 0.31 0.29 0.33
2024 Q1 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 617,732,231 671 1.09 1.01 1.17
2024 Q1 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 1,854,356,636 1511 0.81 0.77 0.86
2024 Q2 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 14,277,759 2 0.14 0.02 0.51
2024 Q2 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 103,310,832 11 0.11 0.05 0.19
2024 Q2 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 4,495,521 4 0.89 0.24 2.28
2024 Q2 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 26,904,588 25 0.93 0.60 1.37
2024 Q2 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 6,842,888 5 0.73 0.24 1.71
2024 Q2 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 24,096,126 12 0.50 0.26 0.87
2024 Q2 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 6,491,149 5 0.77 0.25 1.80
2024 Q2 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 17,472,607 16 0.92 0.52 1.49
2024 Q2 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 648,324,396 316 0.49 0.44 0.54
2024 Q2 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 2,878,754,193 531 0.18 0.17 0.20
2024 Q2 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 697,531,663 704 1.01 0.94 1.09
2024 Q2 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 2,081,089,348 1560 0.75 0.71 0.79
2024 Q3 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 14,243,715 5 0.35 0.11 0.82
2024 Q3 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 95,294,572 12 0.13 0.07 0.22
2024 Q3 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 4,648,292 6 1.29 0.47 2.81
2024 Q3 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 26,778,600 13 0.49 0.26 0.83
2024 Q3 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 6,479,969 5 0.77 0.25 1.80
2024 Q3 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 23,311,490 19 0.82 0.49 1.27
2024 Q3 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 6,223,617 11 1.77 0.88 3.16
2024 Q3 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 16,924,941 23 1.36 0.86 2.04
2024 Q3 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 686,058,643 327 0.48 0.43 0.53
2024 Q3 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 3,089,137,947 537 0.17 0.16 0.19
2024 Q3 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 713,506,020 717 1.00 0.93 1.08
2024 Q3 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 2,160,574,546 1659 0.77 0.73 0.81
2024 Q4 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 9,545,029 3 0.31 0.06 0.92
2024 Q4 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 62,377,345 5 0.08 0.03 0.19
2024 Q4 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 3,457,025 3 0.87 0.18 2.54
2024 Q4 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 19,474,494 10 0.51 0.25 0.94
2024 Q4 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 2,066,299 1 0.48 0.01 2.70
2024 Q4 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 7,862,899 7 0.89 0.36 1.83
2024 Q4 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 2,183,102 5 2.29 0.74 5.34
2024 Q4 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 5,957,603 5 0.84 0.27 1.96
2024 Q4 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 238,941,741 111 0.46 0.38 0.56
2024 Q4 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 1,069,651,028 202 0.19 0.16 0.22
2024 Q4 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 269,162,609 255 0.95 0.83 1.07
2024 Q4 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 793,511,786 612 0.77 0.71 0.83
2025 Q1 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 42,179,728 8 0.19 0.08 0.37
2025 Q1 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 267,034,528 25 0.09 0.06 0.14
2025 Q1 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 16,880,617 4 0.24 0.06 0.61
2025 Q1 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 90,668,273 36 0.40 0.28 0.55
2025 Q1 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 4,720,896 5 1.06 0.34 2.47
2025 Q1 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 20,150,073 11 0.55 0.27 0.98
2025 Q1 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 5,576,228 5 0.90 0.29 2.09
2025 Q1 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 15,685,748 18 1.15 0.68 1.81
2025 Q1 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 672,317,374 302 0.45 0.40 0.50
2025 Q1 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 3,107,496,412 732 0.24 0.22 0.25
2025 Q1 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 763,515,310 826 1.08 1.01 1.16
2025 Q1 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 2,257,817,954 1798 0.80 0.76 0.83
2025 Q2 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 53,979,684 9 0.17 0.08 0.32
2025 Q2 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 323,055,421 40 0.12 0.09 0.17
2025 Q2 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 21,981,171 14 0.64 0.35 1.07
2025 Q2 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 112,706,136 50 0.44 0.33 0.58
2025 Q2 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 5,132,898 9 1.75 0.80 3.33
2025 Q2 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 21,634,740 16 0.74 0.42 1.20
2025 Q2 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 6,035,960 13 2.15 1.15 3.68
2025 Q2 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 16,913,961 31 1.83 1.25 2.60
2025 Q2 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 759,715,937 350 0.46 0.41 0.51
2025 Q2 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 3,469,252,035 675 0.19 0.18 0.21
2025 Q2 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 845,614,939 820 0.97 0.90 1.04
2025 Q2 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 2,494,722,258 1822 0.73 0.70 0.76
2025 Q3 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 75,458,436 11 0.15 0.07 0.26
2025 Q3 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 443,843,225 51 0.11 0.09 0.15
2025 Q3 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 30,267,254 16 0.53 0.30 0.86
2025 Q3 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 154,840,393 58 0.37 0.28 0.48
2025 Q3 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 5,040,703 7 1.39 0.56 2.86
2025 Q3 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 21,177,490 12 0.57 0.29 0.99
2025 Q3 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 5,824,321 17 2.92 1.70 4.67
2025 Q3 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 16,415,285 26 1.58 1.03 2.32
2025 Q3 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 801,275,517 359 0.45 0.40 0.50
2025 Q3 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 3,590,716,519 683 0.19 0.18 0.21
2025 Q3 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 880,925,849 833 0.95 0.88 1.01
2025 Q3 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 2,581,186,425 1924 0.75 0.71 0.78
2025 Q4 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 29,758,213 1 0.03 0.00 0.19
2025 Q4 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 172,036,605 26 0.15 0.10 0.22
2025 Q4 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 12,980,947 15 1.16 0.65 1.91
2025 Q4 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 64,374,763 18 0.28 0.17 0.44
2025 Q4 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 1,653,263 2 1.21 0.15 4.37
2025 Q4 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 7,036,774 6 0.85 0.31 1.86
2025 Q4 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 1,995,929 5 2.51 0.81 5.85
2025 Q4 Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 5,607,559 6 1.07 0.39 2.33
2025 Q4 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 277,498,512 142 0.51 0.43 0.60
2025 Q4 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 1,241,540,544 340 0.27 0.25 0.30
2025 Q4 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 321,586,154 331 1.03 0.92 1.15
2025 Q4 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 924,396,271 731 0.79 0.73 0.85
Part 4: Minor Incidents per Million Miles (2025, North America)

IRR Comparison - Minor Incidents per Million Miles (2025, North America)

Part 4 Key Takeaways

  • Significant decrease in minor incidents per million miles when using FSD (Supervised) compared to all control types on all non-highway road classes.
    • Comparisons to other control types show all 8 point estimates show IRRs below 1, with 6 of the 8 being statistically significant (p < 0.05).
  • Comparing to manually driven Teslas with active safety features, IRR ranges from 0.409 to 0.521, all with p-values < 0.001.
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Control Type Road Class Total Events Total Miles (M) Rate per Million Miles 95% CI Mean Variance Var/Mean Ratio Overdispersed?
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 9,549 11,409.10 0.837 [0.820, 0.854] 31.411 92.626 2.949 Yes
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 3,569 2,510.83 1.421 [1.375, 1.469] 11.740 14.912 1.270 No
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 17,670 8,258.19 2.140 [2.108, 2.171] 58.125 113.522 1.953 No
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 7,828 2,811.67 2.784 [2.723, 2.846] 25.750 37.383 1.452 No
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 482 1,205.98 0.400 [0.365, 0.437] 1.586 1.854 1.169 No
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 117 201.38 0.581 [0.481, 0.696] 0.385 0.422 1.097 No
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 435 422.59 1.029 [0.935, 1.131] 1.431 1.923 1.344 No
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 119 82.11 1.449 [1.201, 1.734] 0.391 0.430 1.100 No

Regression Results

Road Class Comparison FSD Rate Baseline Rate IRR 95% CI Effect Size p-value Significant Model Used
Highway vs Manual (With Active Safety Features) 0.400 0.837 0.478 [0.433, 0.527] -52.2% 0.0000 *** Yes Neg. Binomial
Arterial vs Manual (With Active Safety Features) 0.581 1.421 0.409 [0.340, 0.491] -59.1% 0.0000 *** Yes Poisson
Urban Collectors vs Manual (With Active Safety Features) 1.029 2.140 0.481 [0.437, 0.529] -51.9% 0.0000 *** Yes Poisson
Local Access vs Manual (With Active Safety Features) 1.449 2.784 0.521 [0.434, 0.624] -47.9% 0.0000 *** Yes Poisson
Part 5: Minor Incidents - Year over Year Comparison (2024 vs 2025, North America)

Year-over-Year Comparison: Each chart below represents one road class, showing all control types compared between 2024 and 2025. Both years are filtered to the same 10-month period for consistency (January to October).

Note on year-over-year variation: Small fluctuations in rate estimates between years are expected. In 2024, FSD accumulated significantly fewer miles, resulting in rate estimates with wider confidence intervals. Year-over-year changes where confidence intervals overlap or where the IRR is not statistically significant (p > 0.05) should not be interpreted as meaningful trends. The overall regression analysis in Part 4, based on the full 2025 dataset with substantially greater statistical power, provides the most reliable safety comparison.

IRR Comparison - Minor Incidents - Year over Year Comparison (2024 vs 2025, North America)

Part 5 Key Takeaways

  • FSD (Supervised) has improved in terms of minor collision rates year over year across every road class, with 3 of the 4 being statistically significant (p < 0.05).
    • This data, paired with disengagement rate improvements (see study 4) and total mileage increases (see study 1), indicate that FSD (Supervised) is becoming safer, more reliable, and drivers are becoming more comfortable using it.
  • Manually driven Tesla vehicles have not shown similar improvements.
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Year-over-Year Change Summary

Control Type Road Class 2024 Events 2024 Miles (M) 2024 Rate 2024 95% CI 2025 Events 2025 Miles (M) 2025 Rate 2025 95% CI Absolute Change Percent Change Mean Variance Var/Mean Ratio Overdispersed?
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 7,890 9613.52 0.821 [0.803, 0.839] 9,549 11409.01 0.837 [0.820, 0.854] +0.016 +2.0% 6.282 70.466 11.217 Yes
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 3,271 2159.46 1.515 [1.463, 1.568] 3,569 2510.81 1.421 [1.375, 1.469] -0.093 -6.2% 2.348 10.298 4.386 Yes
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 15,117 6889.53 2.194 [2.159, 2.229] 17,670 8258.12 2.140 [2.108, 2.171] -0.054 -2.5% 11.625 204.519 17.593 Yes
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 6,513 2297.93 2.834 [2.766, 2.904] 7,828 2811.64 2.784 [2.723, 2.847] -0.050 -1.8% 5.150 42.729 8.297 Yes
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 123 288.36 0.427 [0.355, 0.509] 482 1205.97 0.400 [0.365, 0.437] -0.027 -6.3% 1.586 1.854 1.169 No
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 42 41.48 1.013 [0.730, 1.369] 117 201.38 0.581 [0.481, 0.696] -0.432 -42.6% 0.385 0.422 1.097 No
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 135 78.89 1.711 [1.435, 2.025] 435 422.59 1.029 [0.935, 1.131] -0.682 -39.8% 1.431 1.923 1.344 No
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 34 13.47 2.523 [1.747, 3.526] 119 82.11 1.449 [1.201, 1.734] -1.074 -42.6% 0.391 0.430 1.100 No

Regression Results

Manual (With Active Safety Features)
Road Class Comparison 2024 Rate 2025 Rate IRR 95% CI Effect Size p-value Significant Model Used
Highway 2025 vs 2024 0.821 0.837 1.082 [0.984, 1.191] +8.2% 0.1046 No Neg. Binomial
Arterial 2025 vs 2024 1.515 1.421 1.019 [0.915, 1.135] +1.9% 0.7351 No Neg. Binomial
Urban Collectors 2025 vs 2024 2.194 2.140 1.031 [0.943, 1.127] +3.1% 0.5009 No Neg. Binomial
Local Access 2025 vs 2024 2.834 2.784 1.007 [0.914, 1.110] +0.7% 0.8875 No Neg. Binomial
FSD (Supervised, HW4)
Road Class Comparison 2024 Rate 2025 Rate IRR 95% CI Effect Size p-value Significant Model Used
Highway 2025 vs 2024 0.427 0.400 0.937 [0.769, 1.142] -6.3% 0.5195 No Poisson
Arterial 2025 vs 2024 1.013 0.581 0.574 [0.403, 0.816] -42.6% 0.0020 ** Yes Poisson
Urban Collectors 2025 vs 2024 1.711 1.029 0.602 [0.496, 0.730] -39.8% 0.0000 *** Yes Poisson
Local Access 2025 vs 2024 2.523 1.449 0.574 [0.392, 0.841] -42.6% 0.0044 ** Yes Poisson
Part 6: Minor Incidents - Quarterly Trends (Q1 2024 to Q4 2025, North America)

Quarterly Trends: Each chart shows the trend in minor collision rates over time (Q1 2024 to Q4 2025) for one road class. Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals. Data includes only January to October for both years. Manual (No Active Safety Features) is excluded as these vehicles do not log minor collisions.

Note: Quarterly rates are subject to seasonal variations in driving conditions and behavior.

Note on quarterly variation: In early 2024, FSD mileage was substantially lower, producing rate estimates with wide confidence intervals. The key signals in these charts are the overall trend direction and the progressive narrowing of confidence intervals as FSD mileage has grown over 4x from 2024 to 2025, reflecting increasing statistical precision.

Part 6 Key Takeaways

  • We observe that FSD (Supervised) shows temporal improvement trends on most road classes.
    • Conversely, manually driven Tesla vehicles have not shown similar improvements, with some quarters showing increases in minor collision rates.
  • As with major collisions, the key aspects of the quarterly minor collision charts are the trend direction and confidence interval narrowing. Early 2024 quarters reflect limited FSD exposure with wider rate estimates. The tightening of confidence intervals from 2024 to 2025 reflects the growing statistical reliability of FSD's safety performance data as mileage has increased.
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Quarter Control Type Road Class Total Miles Events Rate (per Million Miles) 95% CI Lower 95% CI Upper
2024 Q1 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 3,411,176 4 1.17 0.32 3.00
2024 Q1 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 27,376,549 6 0.22 0.08 0.48
2024 Q1 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 873,494 3 3.43 0.71 10.04
2024 Q1 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 5,731,544 5 0.87 0.28 2.04
2024 Q1 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 586,134,025 1009 1.72 1.62 1.83
2024 Q1 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 2,575,974,646 2495 0.97 0.93 1.01
2024 Q1 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 617,732,231 1911 3.09 2.96 3.24
2024 Q1 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 1,854,356,636 4337 2.34 2.27 2.41
2024 Q2 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 14,277,759 17 1.19 0.69 1.91
2024 Q2 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 103,310,832 42 0.41 0.29 0.55
2024 Q2 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 4,495,521 13 2.89 1.54 4.95
2024 Q2 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 26,904,588 47 1.75 1.28 2.32
2024 Q2 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 648,324,396 922 1.42 1.33 1.52
2024 Q2 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 2,878,754,193 2241 0.78 0.75 0.81
2024 Q2 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 697,531,663 1902 2.73 2.61 2.85
2024 Q2 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 2,081,089,348 4479 2.15 2.09 2.22
2024 Q3 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 14,243,715 15 1.05 0.59 1.74
2024 Q3 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 95,294,572 41 0.43 0.31 0.58
2024 Q3 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 4,648,292 13 2.80 1.49 4.78
2024 Q3 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 26,778,600 52 1.94 1.45 2.55
2024 Q3 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 686,058,643 965 1.41 1.32 1.50
2024 Q3 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 3,089,137,947 2279 0.74 0.71 0.77
2024 Q3 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 713,506,020 1985 2.78 2.66 2.91
2024 Q3 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 2,160,574,546 4487 2.08 2.02 2.14
2024 Q4 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 9,545,029 6 0.63 0.23 1.37
2024 Q4 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 62,377,345 34 0.55 0.38 0.76
2024 Q4 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 3,457,025 5 1.45 0.47 3.38
2024 Q4 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 19,474,494 31 1.59 1.08 2.26
2024 Q4 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 238,941,741 375 1.57 1.41 1.74
2024 Q4 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 1,069,651,028 875 0.82 0.76 0.87
2024 Q4 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 269,162,609 715 2.66 2.47 2.86
2024 Q4 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 793,511,786 1814 2.29 2.18 2.39
2025 Q1 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 42,179,728 31 0.73 0.50 1.04
2025 Q1 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 267,034,528 121 0.45 0.38 0.54
2025 Q1 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 16,880,617 22 1.30 0.82 1.97
2025 Q1 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 90,668,273 90 0.99 0.80 1.22
2025 Q1 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 672,317,374 995 1.48 1.39 1.57
2025 Q1 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 3,107,496,412 2772 0.89 0.86 0.93
2025 Q1 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 763,515,310 2329 3.05 2.93 3.18
2025 Q1 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 2,257,817,954 5123 2.27 2.21 2.33
2025 Q2 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 53,979,684 33 0.61 0.42 0.86
2025 Q2 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 323,055,421 116 0.36 0.30 0.43
2025 Q2 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 21,981,171 35 1.59 1.11 2.21
2025 Q2 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 112,706,136 102 0.91 0.74 1.10
2025 Q2 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 759,715,937 1039 1.37 1.29 1.45
2025 Q2 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 3,469,252,035 2813 0.81 0.78 0.84
2025 Q2 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 845,614,939 2289 2.71 2.60 2.82
2025 Q2 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 2,494,722,258 5177 2.08 2.02 2.13
2025 Q3 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 75,458,436 37 0.49 0.35 0.68
2025 Q3 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 443,843,225 170 0.38 0.33 0.45
2025 Q3 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 30,267,254 45 1.49 1.08 1.99
2025 Q3 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 154,840,393 176 1.14 0.97 1.32
2025 Q3 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 801,275,517 1088 1.36 1.28 1.44
2025 Q3 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 3,590,716,519 2836 0.79 0.76 0.82
2025 Q3 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 880,925,849 2308 2.62 2.51 2.73
2025 Q3 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 2,581,186,425 5266 2.04 1.99 2.10
2025 Q4 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 29,758,213 16 0.54 0.31 0.87
2025 Q4 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 172,036,605 75 0.44 0.34 0.55
2025 Q4 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 12,980,947 17 1.31 0.76 2.10
2025 Q4 FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 64,374,763 67 1.04 0.81 1.32
2025 Q4 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 277,498,512 447 1.61 1.46 1.77
2025 Q4 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 1,241,540,544 1128 0.91 0.86 0.96
2025 Q4 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 321,586,154 902 2.80 2.62 2.99
2025 Q4 Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 924,396,271 2104 2.28 2.18 2.38
Part 7: Regional Comparison - Major Collisions (EU vs NA, 2025)

Regional Comparison - Major Collisions: This analysis compares collision rates between Europe and North America for customer fleet only (non-engineering). Each chart shows one road class with grouped bars comparing EU (green) and NA (blue) rates side-by-side for each control type. Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals. The forest plot shows Incidence Rate Ratios (IRR) where IRR < 1 indicates Europe has a lower rate (better) and IRR > 1 indicates Europe has a higher rate (worse). Data from 2025 (January to October).

Note on cross-regional applicability: FSD collision data in this comparison is from North America. For direct EU vs NA FSD performance comparisons, Study 2: Surrogate Safety Metrics presents AEB activation rates, acceleration events, horn usage, and blinker usage collected from both North American customer fleet and European engineering fleet operations, showing consistent or improved FSD performance on European roads. Study 6 and Study 7 provide additional European FSD validation data.

Part 7 Key Takeaways

  • European driving is statistically safer than North American driving across all control types and most road classes for major collisions.
    • Despite European roads being statistically safer, North American FSD (Supervised) shows <1 IRR for 7 of 8 comparisons, with 6 of 8 statistically significant (p < 0.05), indicating that FSD (Supervised) in North America achieves equivalent or better safety performance relative to European manual driving baselines.
  • While this comparison uses North American FSD collision data, direct FSD performance comparisons between EU and NA are available in Study 2: Surrogate Safety Metrics, which shows FSD surrogate safety metrics (AEB activation rates, acceleration events, horn usage, and blinker usage) collected from both North American customer fleet and European engineering fleet operations. These metrics demonstrate consistent or improved FSD performance on European roads relative to North American roads.
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Region Control Type Road Class Major Collisions Total Miles Rate (per Million Miles) 95% CI
Europe Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 5 7,809,535 0.640 [0.208, 1.494]
Europe Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 13 18,783,971 0.692 [0.369, 1.183]
Europe Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 6 4,417,711 1.358 [0.498, 2.956]
Europe Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 10 11,789,601 0.848 [0.407, 1.560]
Europe Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 340 1,348,783,243 0.252 [0.226, 0.280]
Europe Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 414 3,523,620,535 0.117 [0.106, 0.129]
Europe Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 503 812,741,338 0.619 [0.566, 0.675]
Europe Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 972 2,141,127,296 0.454 [0.426, 0.483]
North America FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 29 201,377,865 0.144 [0.096, 0.207]
North America FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 142 1,205,981,745 0.118 [0.099, 0.139]
North America FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 49 82,110,744 0.597 [0.441, 0.789]
North America FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 162 422,593,313 0.383 [0.327, 0.447]
North America Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 23 16,547,882 1.390 [0.881, 2.086]
North America Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 45 69,999,597 0.643 [0.469, 0.860]
North America Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 40 19,432,632 2.058 [1.471, 2.803]
North America Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 81 54,623,024 1.483 [1.178, 1.843]
North America Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 1153 2,510,828,318 0.459 [0.433, 0.487]
North America Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 2430 11,409,102,069 0.213 [0.205, 0.222]
North America Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 2810 2,811,665,301 0.999 [0.963, 1.037]
North America Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 6275 8,258,191,430 0.760 [0.741, 0.779]

Regression Results

Control Type Road Class EU Count EU Rate NA Count NA Rate IRR (EU/NA) 95% CI Lower 95% CI Upper p-value Significance % Difference Direction
Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 5 0.640 23 1.390 0.461 0.175 1.212 0.1162 ns 53.9% EU lower (better)
Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 13 0.692 45 0.643 1.077 0.581 1.996 0.8148 ns 7.7% EU higher (worse)
Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 6 1.358 40 2.058 0.660 0.280 1.556 0.3423 ns 34.0% EU lower (better)
Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 10 0.848 81 1.483 0.572 0.297 1.103 0.0956 42.8% EU lower (better)
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 340 0.252 1153 0.459 0.549 0.486 0.620 <0.0001 *** 45.1% EU lower (better)
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 414 0.117 2430 0.213 0.552 0.497 0.612 <0.0001 *** 44.8% EU lower (better)
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 503 0.619 2810 0.999 0.619 0.563 0.681 <0.0001 *** 38.1% EU lower (better)
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 972 0.454 6275 0.760 0.597 0.558 0.639 <0.0001 *** 40.3% EU lower (better)

EU vs NA FSD Comparison Results

EU Control Type Road Class EU Rate NA FSD Rate IRR (NA FSD/EU) 95% CI Lower 95% CI Upper p-value Significance % Difference Direction label road_sort control_sort
Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 1.358 0.597 0.439 0.188 1.026 0.0573 56.1% FSD lower (better) EU Manual (No Active Safety) - Local Access 3 0
Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 0.848 0.383 0.452 0.239 0.856 0.0148 * 54.8% FSD lower (better) EU Manual (No Active Safety) - Urban Collectors 2 0
Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 0.640 0.144 0.225 0.087 0.581 0.0021 ** 77.5% FSD lower (better) EU Manual (No Active Safety) - Arterial 1 0
Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 0.692 0.118 0.170 0.096 0.300 <0.0001 *** 83.0% FSD lower (better) EU Manual (No Active Safety) - Highway 0 0
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 0.619 0.597 0.964 0.719 1.293 0.8077 ns 3.6% FSD lower (better) EU Manual (Active Safety) - Local Access 3 1
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 0.454 0.383 0.844 0.715 0.997 0.0463 * 15.6% FSD lower (better) EU Manual (Active Safety) - Urban Collectors 2 1
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 0.252 0.144 0.571 0.391 0.835 0.0038 ** 42.9% FSD lower (better) EU Manual (Active Safety) - Arterial 1 1
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 0.117 0.118 1.002 0.828 1.213 0.9823 ns 0.2% EU lower (better) EU Manual (Active Safety) - Highway 0 1
Part 8: Regional Comparison - Minor Collisions (EU vs NA, 2025)

Regional Comparison - Minor Collisions: This analysis compares minor collision rates between Europe and North America for the active customer fleet. Each chart shows one road class with grouped bars comparing EU (green) and NA (blue) rates side-by-side for each control type. Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals. The forest plot shows Incidence Rate Ratios (IRR) where IRR < 1 indicates Europe has a lower rate (better) and IRR > 1 indicates Europe has a higher rate (worse). Data from 2025 (January to October).

Note on cross-regional applicability: FSD collision data in this comparison is from North America. For direct EU vs NA FSD performance comparisons, see Study 2 (surrogate safety metrics from both regions), Study 6 (European engineering fleet testing), and Study 7 (European fixed routes testing).

Part 8 Key Takeaways

  • European driving is statistically safer than North American driving across all control types and most road classes for minor collisions.
    • Despite European roads being statistically safer, North American FSD (Supervised) shows statistically significant decreases in minor collisions for all comparisons, indicating equivalent or better safety performance relative to European manual driving baselines.
  • For direct EU vs NA FSD performance comparisons on surrogate safety metrics, see Study 2. Additionally, Study 6: Engineering Fleet Testing shows over 793K FSD miles driven across 8 European countries with zero collisions due to FSD performance, and Study 7: Fixed Routes Testing shows zero safety-critical events across 230,000+ scenario tests in 6 European cities.
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Region Control Type Road Class Minor Collisions Total Miles Rate (per Million Miles) 95% CI
Europe Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 0 7,809,535 0.000 [0.000, 0.472]
Europe Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 0 18,783,971 0.000 [0.000, 0.196]
Europe Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 0 4,417,711 0.000 [0.000, 0.835]
Europe Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 0 11,789,601 0.000 [0.000, 0.313]
Europe Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 1105 1,348,783,243 0.819 [0.772, 0.869]
Europe Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 1763 3,523,620,535 0.500 [0.477, 0.524]
Europe Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 1543 812,741,338 1.899 [1.805, 1.996]
Europe Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 2531 2,141,127,296 1.182 [1.136, 1.229]
North America FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 117 201,377,865 0.581 [0.481, 0.696]
North America FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 482 1,205,981,745 0.400 [0.365, 0.437]
North America FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 119 82,110,744 1.449 [1.201, 1.734]
North America FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 435 422,593,313 1.029 [0.935, 1.131]
North America Manual (No Active Safety Features) Arterial 0 16,547,882 0.000 [0.000, 0.223]
North America Manual (No Active Safety Features) Highway 0 69,999,597 0.000 [0.000, 0.053]
North America Manual (No Active Safety Features) Local Access 0 19,432,632 0.000 [0.000, 0.190]
North America Manual (No Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 0 54,623,024 0.000 [0.000, 0.068]
North America Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 3569 2,510,828,318 1.421 [1.375, 1.469]
North America Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 9549 11,409,102,069 0.837 [0.820, 0.854]
North America Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 7828 2,811,665,301 2.784 [2.723, 2.846]
North America Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 17670 8,258,191,430 2.140 [2.108, 2.171]

Regression Results

Control Type Road Class EU Count EU Rate NA Count NA Rate IRR (EU/NA) 95% CI Lower 95% CI Upper p-value Significance % Difference Direction
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 1105 0.819 3569 1.421 0.576 0.539 0.617 <0.0001 *** 42.4% EU lower (better)
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 1763 0.500 9549 0.837 0.598 0.568 0.629 <0.0001 *** 40.2% EU lower (better)
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 1543 1.899 7828 2.784 0.682 0.646 0.720 <0.0001 *** 31.8% EU lower (better)
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 2531 1.182 17670 2.140 0.552 0.530 0.576 <0.0001 *** 44.8% EU lower (better)

EU vs NA FSD Comparison Results

EU Control Type Road Class EU Rate NA FSD Rate IRR (NA FSD/EU) 95% CI Lower 95% CI Upper p-value Significance % Difference Direction label road_sort control_sort
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 1.899 1.449 0.763 0.634 0.920 0.0045 ** 23.7% FSD lower (better) EU Manual (Active Safety) - Local Access 3 1
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 1.182 1.029 0.871 0.787 0.964 0.0077 ** 12.9% FSD lower (better) EU Manual (Active Safety) - Urban Collectors 2 1
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 0.819 0.581 0.709 0.586 0.858 0.0004 *** 29.1% FSD lower (better) EU Manual (Active Safety) - Arterial 1 1
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 0.500 0.400 0.799 0.722 0.883 <0.0001 *** 20.1% FSD lower (better) EU Manual (Active Safety) - Highway 0 1
Study 6: Engineering Fleet Testing

The data collected from this program is to provide foundational evidence of system capability, robustness, and safety under real-world European conditions. The program includes:

  • Golden Manual Data Collection: Trained operators manually drive the vehicle to collect high-quality, labeled training data for the end-to-end model. This data is used to improve the system's performance and is distinct from the FSD (Supervised) validation data.
  • FSD (Supervised) Validation: Extensive testing of the FSD (Supervised) system under real-world conditions through mileage collection.

For additional statistics from the engineering validation program, please reference the fixed routes and surrogate safety metrics sections

For video clip evidence of competency, please reference the video clips section of this dashboard.

Exemption Relevance: This study contributes to the overall safety case underlying all exemption requests, demonstrating over 793K FSD miles across 8 European countries with zero major or minor collisions observed due to FSD performance.

Study Takeaways

  • FSD (Supervised) has driven roughly 1.0 million miles (1.6 million kilometers) in Europe with zero major or minor collisions observed due to FSD performance, demonstrating FSD's ability to operate safely in European conditions under rigorous safety standards. For surrogate safety metrics from the engineering fleet, please reference the surrogate safety metrics study.
    • Tesla has done it's dilligence to make sure that the largest and most populous European countries have been included in the engineering fleet testing program with significant splits of mileage.
  • Golden Manual data collection has accumulated roughly 2.0 million miles (3.1 million kilometers) to support model training and validation.
Mileage Accumulated in European Countries

All European Countries Tested

Golden Manual Data Collection

Golden Manual Data Collection

1,953,566 miles

FSD (Supervised) Validation

FSD (Supervised) Validation

993,940 miles

Breakdown by Country

The following countries have the most accumulated mileage and is not an exhaustive list of countries tested.

Germany
Golden Manual - Germany

Golden Manual

201,507 miles

FSD - Germany

FSD (Supervised)

193,805 miles

Netherlands
Golden Manual - Netherlands

Golden Manual

95,019 miles

FSD - Netherlands

FSD (Supervised)

157,723 miles

Spain
Golden Manual - Spain

Golden Manual

90,489 miles

FSD - Spain

FSD (Supervised)

166,936 miles

France
Golden Manual - France

Golden Manual

159,764 miles

FSD - France

FSD (Supervised)

89,444 miles

United Kingdom
Golden Manual - United Kingdom

Golden Manual

182,600 miles

FSD - United Kingdom

FSD (Supervised)

50,001 miles

Italy
Golden Manual - Italy

Golden Manual

83,898 miles

FSD - Italy

FSD (Supervised)

69,586 miles

Switzerland
Golden Manual - Switzerland

Golden Manual

57,735 miles

FSD - Switzerland

FSD (Supervised)

44,329 miles

Finland
Golden Manual - Finland

Golden Manual

37,772 miles

FSD - Finland

FSD (Supervised)

40,064 miles

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Mileage Data and Conservative Upper Bounds

Control Type Road Class Total Miles (M) Collisions Observed
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Highway 0.94 0
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Arterial 0.31 0
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Urban Collectors 0.45 0
Manual (With Active Safety Features) Local Access 0.25 0
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Highway 0.55 0
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Arterial 0.15 0
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Urban Collectors 0.24 0
FSD (Supervised, HW4) Local Access 0.06 0
Study 7: Fixed Routes Testing

The preceding studies establish FSD (Supervised) safety performance through large-scale statistical analysis of real-world driving data. Fixed route testing complements this evidence with structured behavioral validation, demonstrating that the system correctly handles specific, predefined scenario types in European driving conditions.

Fixed routes are designed to concentrate challenging driving interactions into short, repeatable paths (29-55 km per route). A single route execution exposes the system to hundreds of complex scenarios, including roundabouts, cyclist yields, tram interactions, and dense urban intersections, providing a density of edge cases that would require significantly more open-road driving to encounter naturally. Critically, FSD (Supervised) has not been trained on any of these specific routes, so the results reflect the system's ability to generalize its learned driving behavior to novel European road environments.

Testing was conducted across 6 major European cities (Amsterdam, Barcelona, Rome, Paris, Munich, Copenhagen), each representing distinct traffic cultures and infrastructure types. Data covers the period from June 1, 2025 to November 27, 2025. Results are presented below.

Exemption Relevance: This study contributes to the overall safety case underlying all exemption requests, with zero safety-critical events across over 230,000 scenario tests, where each test is a unique interaction with a predefined road element such as a stop sign, traffic light, roundabout, or crosswalk. It provides supporting evidence for Exemption Request 4 (lateral acceleration limits) through a 98.9% pass rate across 6,974 roundabout tests, and for Exemption Requests 1, 2, and 3 (SIMs and HOR withholding) through safe completion of complex system-initiated maneuvers including lane changes, roundabouts, and intersection navigation.

Key Takeaways

  • Across all fixed route testing, there were zero safety-critical events observed, demonstrating FSD's ability to operate safely in European road conditions through complex maneuvers including challenging interactions with pedestrians, cyclists, and dynamic traffic scenarios. This testing was conducted by certified drivers trained by Tesla.
  • FSD (Supervised) completed over 230,000 scenario tests across 6 major European cities, covering a wide range of driving scenarios, traffic laws, and interaction types. Each scenario test is a unique interaction with a predefined road element on the route (e.g., navigating a roundabout, yielding at a crosswalk, responding to a traffic light, or passing through an intersection). A test is scored as a "pass" if FSD handles the interaction safely without driver disengagement, or a "fail" if the safety driver intervenes.
  • Overall, FSD (Supervised) achieved a pass rate of at least ninety two percent (92.0%) across all interaction types and environmental conditions, indicating robust performance in navigating complex urban environments.
  • Stratification by time of day and weather show strong performance in varying environmental conditions.
    • The user manual includes system limitations for varying conditions as they could potentially disturb the visibility of the cameras. The exact text in the user manual is "Visibility is critical for Full Self-Driving (Supervised) to operate. Low visibility, such as low light or poor weather conditions (rain, snow, direct sun, fog, etc.) can significantly degrade performance."
Fixed Route Overview

Methodology

Fixed routes are designed using Tesla's mapping capabilities to identify locations containing high concentrations of challenging scenarios. Routes range from 29 km to 55 km in length and intentionally concentrate difficult infrastructure variations and dynamic interactions far beyond typical driving experiences. This creates a controlled environment to validate the system's ability to handle edge cases and complex scenarios.

Each route exposes the system to hundreds of challenging interactions per run, including multi-lane roundabouts with complex right-of-way rules, dense cyclist environments requiring constant prediction and yielding, dynamic pedestrian crossings, tram interactions, and narrow dike roads with oncoming traffic negotiation. These scenarios test the system's generalization capabilities without any route-specific training or fine-tuning.

Each route is driven repeatedly with a safety driver present to disengage when necessary. Only disengagements within pre-defined test scenarios are counted to ensure comparability across test runs.

Test Cities and Routes

The following fixed routes were designed and tested across 6 major European cities, each presenting unique infrastructure challenges and traffic patterns characteristic of European urban environments.

Amsterdam Route
Amsterdam

Distance: 56.8 km

Duration: 1h 32m

Executions: 99

Munich Route
Munich

Distance: 34.3 km

Duration: 59m

Executions: 57

Barcelona Route
Barcelona

Distance: 34.3 km

Duration: 1h 15m

Executions: 184

Rome Route
Rome

Distance: 30.5 km

Duration: 1h 11m

Executions: 134

Paris Route
Paris

Distance: 38.4 km

Duration: 1h 1m

Executions: 105

Denmark Route
Copenhagen

Distance: 27.6 km

Duration: 55m

Executions: 32

Test Criteria

Pass: No safety driver disengagement required; scenario handled safely and in compliance with traffic laws.
Fail: Safety driver disengagement deemed necessary to maintain safe operations or prevent traffic law violations.

Tested Scenarios

Scenario Description
Intersections Navigate signalized and unsignalized intersections while managing vehicle interactions
Turns (Left/Right) Execute turns at intersections with signal adherence, trajectory optimization, and yielding to crosswalks/cyclists
Crosswalks Detect and yield to pedestrian crossings, ensuring timely stops and safe resumption
Traffic Lights Detect and respond to traffic signals, including complex multi-direction signals
Roundabouts Navigate roundabouts, manage right-of-way, handle multi-lane merging and blinker usage
Yield Scenarios Prioritize pedestrians and cyclists at sidewalks and bike lanes
Cyclist Roads Interact with high volumes of cyclists; detect, predict movement, and safely overtake or yield
Tram Lanes Recognize and respect tram right-of-way; avoid interference with tram operations
Bus Lanes Comply with bus-only lane restrictions; detect markings and avoid unauthorized entry
Bus Stops Detect stopped buses and yield to buses leaving stops in built-up areas
Stop Signs Detect stop signs and perform complete stops with proper yielding to traffic
School Zones Adhere to reduced speed limits with heightened awareness of pedestrian activity
Living Streets Navigate low-speed, pedestrian-priority zones where vehicles yield to non-motorized users
Road Narrowing Adjust speed and trajectory in constrained spaces
Bridges Maintain stability on elevated structures with environmental factors like wind or narrow lanes
Dike Roads Navigate narrow, elevated roads with limited visibility while negotiating with other traffic

Note: Fixed routes provide concentrated exposure to challenging scenarios for validation purposes. They are not intended to be statistically representative of the overall operational design domain, but rather to stress-test the system's learned behaviors and edge case handling without prior training on these specific routes.

Each test run is classified as either a "pass" (successful navigation without disengagement) or "fail" (requiring driver disengagement). Results are aggregated by interaction type and stratified by environmental conditions (weather and time of day). Pass rate confidence intervals are calculated using the exact binomial method (Clopper-Pearson intervals), providing conservative 95% confidence bounds.

Fixed Route Test Results

Summary Results (All Cities, All Components)

Interaction Type Tests Passed Tests Failed Total Tests Pass Rate (%) 95% CI Safety-Critical Pass Rate ⓘ
Intersection 72,658 572 73,230 99.22% [99.15%, 99.28%] 100%
Crosswalk 47,313 161 47,474 99.66% [99.60%, 99.71%] 100%
Traffic Light 33,178 846 34,024 97.51% [97.34%, 97.67%] 100%
Yield Road 20,263 83 20,346 99.59% [99.49%, 99.67%] 100%
Bus Stop 18,741 8 18,749 99.96% [99.92%, 99.98%] 100%
Yield Bikelane 7,098 10 7,108 99.86% [99.74%, 99.92%] 100%
Roundabout 6,900 74 6,974 98.94% [98.67%, 99.15%] 100%
Yield Sidewalk 4,197 5 4,202 99.88% [99.72%, 99.95%] 100%
Digital Speed Sign 3,471 68 3,539 98.08% [97.57%, 98.48%] 100%
Priority 2,716 4 2,720 99.85% [99.62%, 99.94%] 100%
Stop Sign 2,516 191 2,707 92.94% [91.92%, 93.85%] 100%
Road Narrowing 2,262 20 2,282 99.12% [98.65%, 99.43%] 100%
Bridge 1,286 12 1,298 99.08% [98.39%, 99.47%] 100%
Avoid Bus Lane 1,234 95 1,329 92.85% [91.34%, 94.12%] 100%
Yield Tram 1,181 0 1,181 100.00% [99.68%, 100.00%] 100%
Yield Bus Lane 1,047 7 1,054 99.34% [98.64%, 99.68%] 100%
Digital sign 894 41 935 95.61% [94.11%, 96.75%] 100%
Highway Entry 827 2 829 99.76% [99.12%, 99.93%] 100%
Priority Sign 814 6 820 99.27% [98.41%, 99.66%] 100%
Highway Exit 810 51 861 94.08% [92.30%, 95.47%] 100%
School Zone 649 3 652 99.54% [98.66%, 99.84%] 100%
Dynamic Barrier 336 3 339 99.12% [97.43%, 99.70%] 100%
Living Street 196 3 199 98.49% [95.66%, 99.49%] 100%
U Turn 167 2 169 98.82% [95.79%, 99.67%] 100%

Performance by Environmental Conditions

Weather Condition

Rain (All Cities, All Components)

Interaction Type Tests Passed Tests Failed Total Tests Pass Rate (%) 95% CI
Intersection 1,799 9 1,808 99.50% [99.06%, 99.74%]
Traffic Light 1,028 28 1,056 97.35% [96.19%, 98.16%]
Crosswalk 704 0 704 100.00% [99.46%, 100.00%]
Yield Bikelane 512 0 512 100.00% [99.26%, 100.00%]
Yield Road 352 0 352 100.00% [98.92%, 100.00%]
Digital Speed Sign 256 0 256 100.00% [98.52%, 100.00%]
Roundabout 160 0 160 100.00% [97.66%, 100.00%]
Bus Stop 144 0 144 100.00% [97.40%, 100.00%]
Yield Sidewalk 144 0 144 100.00% [97.40%, 100.00%]
Road Narrowing 142 2 144 98.61% [95.08%, 99.62%]
Yield Tram 112 0 112 100.00% [96.68%, 100.00%]
Yield Bus Lane 80 0 80 100.00% [95.42%, 100.00%]
Bridge 79 1 80 98.75% [93.25%, 99.78%]
Avoid Bus Lane 48 0 48 100.00% [92.59%, 100.00%]
Priority Sign 46 2 48 95.83% [86.02%, 98.85%]
School Zone 32 0 32 100.00% [89.28%, 100.00%]
Dynamic Barrier 31 1 32 96.88% [84.26%, 99.45%]
Highway Entry 16 0 16 100.00% [80.64%, 100.00%]
Highway Exit 16 0 16 100.00% [80.64%, 100.00%]
Living Street 16 0 16 100.00% [80.64%, 100.00%]
U Turn 16 0 16 100.00% [80.64%, 100.00%]
Intersection 1,075 17 1,092 98.44% [97.52%, 99.03%]
Crosswalk 884 4 888 99.55% [98.85%, 99.82%]
Traffic Light 708 24 732 96.72% [95.17%, 97.79%]
Bus Stop 288 0 288 100.00% [98.68%, 100.00%]
Yield Road 154 2 156 98.72% [95.45%, 99.65%]
Roundabout 70 2 72 97.22% [90.43%, 99.23%]
Stop Sign 44 4 48 91.67% [80.45%, 96.71%]
Digital Speed Sign 33 3 36 91.67% [78.17%, 97.13%]
Avoid Bus Lane 12 0 12 100.00% [75.75%, 100.00%]
Highway Entry 12 0 12 100.00% [75.75%, 100.00%]
Yield Bikelane 12 0 12 100.00% [75.75%, 100.00%]
Highway Exit 10 2 12 83.33% [55.20%, 95.30%]
Intersection 104 0 104 100.00% [96.44%, 100.00%]
Bus Stop 80 0 80 100.00% [95.42%, 100.00%]
Traffic Light 70 2 72 97.22% [90.43%, 99.23%]
Crosswalk 66 0 66 100.00% [94.50%, 100.00%]
Yield Bikelane 60 0 60 100.00% [93.98%, 100.00%]
Yield Road 40 0 40 100.00% [91.24%, 100.00%]
Digital Speed Sign 16 0 16 100.00% [80.64%, 100.00%]
Roundabout 12 0 12 100.00% [75.75%, 100.00%]
Yield Sidewalk 8 0 8 100.00% [67.56%, 100.00%]
Road Narrowing 6 0 6 100.00% [60.97%, 100.00%]
Highway Exit 4 0 4 100.00% [51.01%, 100.00%]
Highway Entry 2 0 2 100.00% [34.24%, 100.00%]
Intersection 1,161 9 1,170 99.23% [98.54%, 99.59%]
Traffic Light 354 6 360 98.33% [96.41%, 99.23%]
Priority 288 0 288 100.00% [98.68%, 100.00%]
Yield Sidewalk 236 0 236 100.00% [98.40%, 100.00%]
Bus Stop 153 0 153 100.00% [97.55%, 100.00%]
Digital sign 95 4 99 95.96% [90.07%, 98.42%]
Crosswalk 72 0 72 100.00% [94.93%, 100.00%]
Roundabout 54 0 54 100.00% [93.36%, 100.00%]
Road Narrowing 27 0 27 100.00% [87.54%, 100.00%]
Stop Sign 16 0 16 100.00% [80.64%, 100.00%]
Highway Entry 9 0 9 100.00% [70.09%, 100.00%]
Highway Exit 9 0 9 100.00% [70.09%, 100.00%]
Living Street 2 0 2 100.00% [34.24%, 100.00%]
Crosswalk 1,543 5 1,548 99.68% [99.25%, 99.86%]
Intersection 636 0 636 100.00% [99.40%, 100.00%]
Yield Road 501 3 504 99.40% [98.26%, 99.80%]
Traffic Light 464 4 468 99.15% [97.82%, 99.67%]
Roundabout 345 3 348 99.14% [97.50%, 99.71%]
Bus Stop 312 0 312 100.00% [98.78%, 100.00%]
Stop Sign 108 0 108 100.00% [96.57%, 100.00%]
Yield Bikelane 72 0 72 100.00% [94.93%, 100.00%]
Road Narrowing 48 0 48 100.00% [92.59%, 100.00%]
Bridge 36 0 36 100.00% [90.36%, 100.00%]
Priority Sign 36 0 36 100.00% [90.36%, 100.00%]
School Zone 36 0 36 100.00% [90.36%, 100.00%]
Yield Sidewalk 36 0 36 100.00% [90.36%, 100.00%]
Avoid Bus Lane 24 0 24 100.00% [86.20%, 100.00%]
Highway Entry 24 0 24 100.00% [86.20%, 100.00%]
Highway Exit 24 0 24 100.00% [86.20%, 100.00%]
Yield Bus Lane 24 0 24 100.00% [86.20%, 100.00%]
Intersection 1,700 3 1,703 99.82% [99.48%, 99.94%]
Crosswalk 975 0 975 100.00% [99.61%, 100.00%]
Yield Road 844 1 845 99.88% [99.33%, 99.98%]
Bus Stop 663 0 663 100.00% [99.42%, 100.00%]
Traffic Light 622 2 624 99.68% [98.84%, 99.91%]
Stop Sign 72 6 78 92.31% [84.22%, 96.43%]
Roundabout 39 0 39 100.00% [91.03%, 100.00%]
Avoid Bus Lane 28 11 39 71.79% [56.22%, 83.46%]
Bridge 13 0 13 100.00% [77.19%, 100.00%]
Highway Entry 13 0 13 100.00% [77.19%, 100.00%]
Highway Exit 13 0 13 100.00% [77.19%, 100.00%]

Time of Day

Daytime (All Cities, All Components)

Interaction Type Tests Passed Tests Failed Total Tests Pass Rate (%) 95% CI
Intersection 9,408 112 9,520 98.82% [98.59%, 99.02%]
Traffic Light 5,269 228 5,497 95.85% [95.29%, 96.35%]
Crosswalk 3,700 2 3,702 99.95% [99.80%, 99.99%]
Yield Bikelane 2,691 3 2,694 99.89% [99.67%, 99.96%]
Yield Road 1,856 4 1,860 99.78% [99.45%, 99.92%]
Digital Speed Sign 1,344 0 1,344 100.00% [99.71%, 100.00%]
Roundabout 838 2 840 99.76% [99.14%, 99.93%]
Yield Sidewalk 760 0 760 100.00% [99.50%, 100.00%]
Bus Stop 755 1 756 99.87% [99.25%, 99.98%]
Road Narrowing 749 7 756 99.07% [98.10%, 99.55%]
Yield Tram 588 0 588 100.00% [99.35%, 100.00%]
Yield Bus Lane 422 0 422 100.00% [99.10%, 100.00%]
Bridge 415 5 420 98.81% [97.24%, 99.49%]
Avoid Bus Lane 252 0 252 100.00% [98.50%, 100.00%]
Priority Sign 248 4 252 98.41% [95.99%, 99.38%]
Dynamic Barrier 169 1 170 99.41% [96.74%, 99.90%]
School Zone 168 0 168 100.00% [97.76%, 100.00%]
Living Street 86 0 86 100.00% [95.72%, 100.00%]
Highway Entry 84 0 84 100.00% [95.63%, 100.00%]
Highway Exit 84 0 84 100.00% [95.63%, 100.00%]
U Turn 83 1 84 98.81% [93.56%, 99.79%]
Intersection 10,174 158 10,332 98.47% [98.22%, 98.69%]
Crosswalk 8,336 61 8,397 99.27% [99.07%, 99.43%]
Traffic Light 6,711 209 6,920 96.98% [96.55%, 97.36%]
Bus Stop 2,717 1 2,718 99.96% [99.79%, 99.99%]
Yield Road 1,444 30 1,474 97.96% [97.11%, 98.57%]
Roundabout 652 29 681 95.74% [93.95%, 97.02%]
Stop Sign 415 37 452 91.81% [88.92%, 94.00%]
Digital Speed Sign 322 17 339 94.99% [92.12%, 96.85%]
Avoid Bus Lane 114 0 114 100.00% [96.74%, 100.00%]
Yield Bikelane 113 0 113 100.00% [96.71%, 100.00%]
Highway Entry 111 2 113 98.23% [93.78%, 99.51%]
Highway Exit 87 26 113 76.99% [68.42%, 83.79%]
Intersection 1,606 6 1,612 99.63% [99.19%, 99.83%]
Bus Stop 1,240 0 1,240 100.00% [99.69%, 100.00%]
Traffic Light 1,086 30 1,116 97.31% [96.19%, 98.11%]
Crosswalk 1,020 3 1,023 99.71% [99.14%, 99.90%]
Yield Bikelane 929 1 930 99.89% [99.39%, 99.98%]
Yield Road 620 0 620 100.00% [99.38%, 100.00%]
Digital Speed Sign 215 33 248 86.69% [81.90%, 90.37%]
Roundabout 184 2 186 98.92% [96.16%, 99.70%]
Yield Sidewalk 124 0 124 100.00% [97.00%, 100.00%]
Road Narrowing 90 1 91 98.90% [94.04%, 99.81%]
Highway Exit 62 0 62 100.00% [94.17%, 100.00%]
Highway Entry 31 0 31 100.00% [88.97%, 100.00%]
Intersection 9,582 37 9,619 99.62% [99.47%, 99.72%]
Traffic Light 2,840 40 2,880 98.61% [98.11%, 98.98%]
Priority 2,366 2 2,368 99.92% [99.69%, 99.98%]
Yield Sidewalk 1,950 1 1,951 99.95% [99.71%, 99.99%]
Bus Stop 1,257 1 1,258 99.92% [99.55%, 99.99%]
Digital sign 787 27 814 96.68% [95.22%, 97.71%]
Crosswalk 591 1 592 99.83% [99.05%, 99.97%]
Roundabout 444 0 444 100.00% [99.14%, 100.00%]
Road Narrowing 219 3 222 98.65% [96.10%, 99.54%]
Stop Sign 125 3 128 97.66% [93.34%, 99.20%]
Highway Entry 74 0 74 100.00% [95.07%, 100.00%]
Highway Exit 74 0 74 100.00% [95.07%, 100.00%]
Living Street 27 1 28 96.43% [82.29%, 99.37%]
Crosswalk 12,228 27 12,255 99.78% [99.68%, 99.85%]
Intersection 5,016 19 5,035 99.62% [99.41%, 99.76%]
Yield Road 3,976 14 3,990 99.65% [99.41%, 99.79%]
Traffic Light 3,647 58 3,705 98.43% [97.98%, 98.79%]
Roundabout 2,743 12 2,755 99.56% [99.24%, 99.75%]
Bus Stop 2,469 1 2,470 99.96% [99.77%, 99.99%]
Stop Sign 843 12 855 98.60% [97.56%, 99.20%]
Yield Bikelane 570 0 570 100.00% [99.33%, 100.00%]
Road Narrowing 377 3 380 99.21% [97.70%, 99.73%]
Bridge 285 0 285 100.00% [98.67%, 100.00%]
Priority Sign 285 0 285 100.00% [98.67%, 100.00%]
School Zone 282 3 285 98.95% [96.95%, 99.64%]
Yield Sidewalk 282 3 285 98.95% [96.95%, 99.64%]
Highway Entry 190 0 190 100.00% [98.02%, 100.00%]
Highway Exit 190 0 190 100.00% [98.02%, 100.00%]
Avoid Bus Lane 187 3 190 98.42% [95.46%, 99.46%]
Yield Bus Lane 187 3 190 98.42% [95.46%, 99.46%]
Intersection 12,692 17 12,709 99.87% [99.79%, 99.92%]
Crosswalk 7,264 13 7,277 99.82% [99.69%, 99.90%]
Yield Road 6,295 10 6,305 99.84% [99.71%, 99.91%]
Bus Stop 4,947 0 4,947 100.00% [99.92%, 100.00%]
Traffic Light 4,630 26 4,656 99.44% [99.18%, 99.62%]
Stop Sign 513 69 582 88.14% [85.26%, 90.52%]
Roundabout 291 0 291 100.00% [98.70%, 100.00%]
Avoid Bus Lane 233 58 291 80.07% [75.10%, 84.25%]
Bridge 97 0 97 100.00% [96.19%, 100.00%]
Highway Entry 97 0 97 100.00% [96.19%, 100.00%]
Highway Exit 97 0 97 100.00% [96.19%, 100.00%]

Aggregated Pass Rates (All Cities, All Components)

Study 8: Max Speed Analysis

Tesla has conducted an analysis of 708 randomly selected driving samples from the European engineering fleet. Each sample satisfies the following criteria:

  • The vehicle is driving in Europe
  • At least one other vehicle is detected ahead of or behind the ego vehicle, travelling in the same direction
  • The current maximum speed has been increased above the system-determined speed limit by vision max speed
  • The vehicle is on a controlled access road or city street
  • The vehicle speed exceeds the system-determined speed limit

For each sample, the ego vehicle's speed is compared against surrounding traffic in two ways:

  • Median comparison: The difference between the ego vehicle's speed and the median speed of surrounding same-direction traffic
  • Fastest comparison: The difference between the ego vehicle's speed and the speed of the fastest surrounding vehicle

Low-speed scenarios (below 25 km/h for either the ego vehicle or the median surrounding traffic) are excluded from the analysis, resulting in 680 samples for the chart below.

Exemption Relevance: This study directly supports Exemption Request 5 (contextual speed determination) by demonstrating that when vision max speed increases the current maximum speed above the system-determined speed limit, FSD (Supervised) maintains a speed consistent with the surrounding traffic flow rather than driving faster than other vehicles on the road.

Study Takeaways

  • In 98% of high-speed cases, FSD (Supervised) travels at or below the median speed of surrounding traffic, even when the current maximum speed is set above the system-determined speed limit by vision max speed.
  • In 12 out of 680 high-speed samples, the ego vehicle slightly exceeds the median traffic speed. In none of those cases does the ego vehicle exceed the speed of the fastest surrounding vehicle.
  • This data demonstrates that vision max speed corrects for incorrect speed limit determination without introducing excessive speeding behaviour. The vehicle speed remains consistent with the surrounding traffic flow, reducing the risk of driving significantly slower than surrounding vehicles due to an incorrect system-determined speed limit.