{"schema_version":"0.10.0","id":"LR-2026-0482","record_version":1,"title":"Tesla FSD drives through railroad crossing barriers near West Covina, California","verification":{"human_verified":false,"method":"automated_gate","auto_verified":true,"score":51.2,"score_breakdown":{"source_authority":12.1,"independent_corroboration":15.0,"implicated_party_confirmed":0.0,"citation_integrity":14.0,"specificity":0.0,"completeness":2.56,"unhedged_language":5.0},"checks":{"schema_valid":true,"every_field_cited":true,"quotes_verbatim":true,"source_fetched":true,"distinct_incident":true,"dates_plausible":true,"sources_agree":true,"source_describes_incident":true,"severe_backed_by_source":true,"record_integrity":true,"eligible":true,"about_this_case":true},"gate_version":"gate-2026-10-18.7","cross_check_model":null,"cross_check_agreement":null,"duplicate_of":null,"verified_by":null,"verified_at":"2026-11-01","extraction_run_id":null,"evidence_level":{"level":"preliminary","reason":"Publisher not yet named · subject to change","original_document":null,"reports_total":2,"reports_independent":0,"reports_derivative":0,"developing":false,"disputed":false,"rules_version":"evidence-2026-10-29.1","computed_at":"2026-11-01","history":[{"date":"2026-11-01","from_level":null,"to_level":"preliminary","reason":"Publisher not yet named · subject to change"}]},"sources_hash":"6eba0e81ece1feb6e755e9db5c464d6e901661e79d1374cdc7941276acbf2120"},"system":{"model_name":null,"model_version":null,"developer":"unknown","harness":null,"tools_granted":[],"permissions_scope":null,"autonomy_level":"supervised-auto","guardrails_present":[],"deployment_context":"unknown","tier":null,"lifecycle_stage":null,"integration_type":null,"intended_use":"Level 2 driver-assistance requiring constant driver supervision","safeguard_state":null,"production_intended":null},"event":{"date_occurred":null,"date_disclosed":"2026-03-09","incident_class":"physical_safety","failure_class":null,"agent_involved":null,"secondary_failure_classes":[],"trigger":"unknown","duration":null,"detection_method":"unknown","summary":"A Tesla Model 3 running Full Self-Driving (FSD) at about 23 mph near West Covina, California, on March 8, 2026, approached a railroad crossing where barriers had just come down and drove through them. The system showed no signs of detecting the barriers or attempting to slow down. The driver did not intervene in time, though dashcam footage indicates he braked around the time of impact. The owner posted the dashcam video publicly, and it drew wide attention. The incident came on the same day as the deadline for Tesla to deliver crash data to NHTSA in its investigation into FSD traffic violations, which covers railroad crossing failures. 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Source 0 says the driver braked around impact, while source 1 says the driver braked just before impact and avoided an accident; source 1 also says the car hit the barrier, while source 0 says it drove through. I used source 0 for the severity quote and source 1 for the affected-party and country fields. Speeds were given as 23 mph in source 0 and about 37 km/h in source 1; I did not convert or merge them. Judgements made: autonomy_level set to supervised-auto from the Level 2 supervision statement; intended_use paraphrased from that statement; deployment_context and lifecycle_stage set to production because the car was a customer vehicle sold with FSD; context.industry set to automotive from the vehicle product; severity set to minor because one vehicle and driver are involved and no third party is stated as touched, although the wider NHTSA probe covers about 2.88 million vehicles and is not this incident. agent_involved, failure_class, trigger, root_cause, responsible_party and detection_method are left out because the sources do not state them. No controls from this incident are stated as held, failed or missing, so links is empty. Electrek's note that Tesla has two deadline extensions and 8,313 records is about the NHTSA probe, not this incident, and is not recorded as incident data. 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