{"schema_version":"0.10.0","id":"LR-2026-0484","record_version":1,"title":"Former Uber self-driving chief crashes Tesla in FSD mode","verification":{"human_verified":false,"method":"automated_gate","auto_verified":true,"score":42.1,"score_breakdown":{"source_authority":12.1,"independent_corroboration":7.0,"implicated_party_confirmed":0.0,"citation_integrity":14.0,"specificity":0.0,"completeness":1.92,"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":1,"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":"eb60a7fc482fea7e7109279c83563b8dee774433bd7bb16b5112000cfd993de6"},"system":{"model_name":null,"model_version":null,"developer":"unknown","harness":null,"tools_granted":[],"permissions_scope":null,"autonomy_level":"unknown","guardrails_present":[],"deployment_context":"unknown","tier":null,"lifecycle_stage":null,"integration_type":null,"intended_use":null,"safeguard_state":null,"production_intended":null},"event":{"date_occurred":null,"date_disclosed":"2026-03-18","incident_class":"physical_safety","failure_class":null,"agent_involved":null,"secondary_failure_classes":[],"trigger":"unknown","duration":null,"detection_method":"unknown","summary":"A Tesla Model X was being driven with Full Self-Driving (FSD) engaged when it crashed into a wall. The driver was Raffi Krikorian, former head of Uber's self-driving program, who was on his way to drop his son off at a Boy Scouts meeting in San Francisco. He reported that the steering wheel jerked and the car decelerated unexpectedly, and he took over the wheel, but the car still collided with the wall. The vehicle was totalled. He said he had a concussion and no one else was hurt. Tesla requires drivers to supervise FSD and be ready to take over. Tesla did not respond to a request for comment. 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No exact crash date is stated; only 'last year' appears, and the essay date is given only as 'Tuesday' (source header dated 2026-03-18), so no date fields are set. The cause of the crash is not stated; Krikorian says 'I don't know exactly what the system was doing, or why', so root cause and trigger are left out. The sources do not say an autonomous agent was involved (a driver-assist system with a supervising driver), so agent_involved, failure_class and related fields are left out. Tesla did not respond, so no company account, controls, remediation or outcome are reported. Country is not stated (San Francisco is named but no country), so it is left out. Judgements made: incident_class physical_safety, detection_method victim (the driver felt the event), deployment_context and severity 'minor' (one person affected, no third party stated as touched; severity rests on the stated absence of others hurt). Other stated FSD incidents and lawsuits in the article concern other vehicles and incidents and are not used. 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