{"schema_version":"0.10.0","id":"LR-2026-0720","record_version":1,"title":"Tesla Model Y left-turn crash, Batavia, Illinois (2026-03-25); driver-assist engaged per Tesla NHTSA report","verification":{"human_verified":false,"method":"automated_gate","auto_verified":true,"score":54.0,"score_breakdown":{"source_authority":12.1,"independent_corroboration":7.0,"implicated_party_confirmed":0.0,"citation_integrity":14.0,"specificity":9.0,"completeness":4.16,"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":"4d117a74e4fabbfe5db152d1d5cc929be7d249a7356ca2278eee45f92d832de3"},"system":{"model_name":"Model Y","model_version":null,"developer":"Tesla","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":"2026-03-25","date_disclosed":"2026-09-01","incident_class":"physical_safety","failure_class":null,"agent_involved":null,"secondary_failure_classes":[],"trigger":"unknown","duration":null,"detection_method":"public_researcher","summary":"A Tesla Model Y turning left at a Batavia, Illinois intersection collided with a pickup truck travelling straight in the opposite direction. Tesla's report to federal regulators says the driver-assist system was engaged during the turn. A front-seat passenger in the Tesla died of her injuries, and the Tesla's driver and two others were injured. Batavia police said the crash remains under investigation and is under review by the Kane County State's Attorney's Office, and no charges have been filed. Electrek identified the crash by matching Tesla's federal filing to police and media reports. Tesla redacted the crash narrative and software version, so the sources do not establish whether the system or the driver controlled the turn.","tags":[],"date_detected":null,"near_miss":null,"root_cause":null,"root_cause_detail":null,"failure_class_detail":null,"responsible_party":null,"adversarial_actor":null,"input_provenance":null,"time_to_contain":null,"operations_paused":null,"remediation":null,"precursor_events":null,"primary_risk":"RK18"},"impact":{"direct_loss_usd":null,"remediation_hours":null,"records_exposed":null,"third_parties_affected_count":null,"severity":"severe","severity_because":"Test: safety of life. Fact: a passenger in the Tesla died of her injuries in the crash.","harm_class":["bodily"],"affected_description":null,"protected_class_involved":null,"data_categories_exposed":[],"loss_range_usd":null,"reversibility":null,"downstream_exposure_count":null},"evidence":{"sources":[{"url":"https://electrek.co/2026/09/01/tesla-driver-assist-left-turn-batavia/","publisher":"Electrek","date":"2026-09-01","type":"press","title":"Tesla confirms Full Self-Driving was active in a crash that killed a mother of five - Electrek","archived_url":null,"attachment":"first_report"},{"url":"https://electrek.co/2026/09/09/tesla-driver-assist-road-departure-vinemont/","publisher":"Electrek","date":"2026-09-09","type":"press","title":"Data confirms Autopilot/FSD was active in crash that killed a mother, passerby saved her baby - Electrek","archived_url":null}],"per_field_confidence":{"system.model_name":"C","system.developer":"C","event.date_occurred":"C","event.detection_method":"C","event.incident_class":"C","impact.harm_class":"C","context.country":"C","impact.severity":"D","impact.severity_because":"D","event.primary_risk":"D","event.summary":"C","system.autonomy_level":"D","system.deployment_context":"D","event.trigger":"D","event.date_disclosed":"D","context.denominator_available":"D"},"field_citations":{"system.model_name":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"A Tesla Model Y turning left at an intersection collided with a pickup truck in Batavia, Illinois, killing a passenger in the Tesla — Maggie Espinosa, 37, a teacher and mother of five."}],"system.developer":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"But Electrek was able to confirm that Tesla’s own report to federal regulators says the car’s driver-assist system was engaged as it made that turn."}],"event.date_occurred":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Around 4:19 p.m. on March 25, 2026, a Tesla Model Y heading south on Randall Road tried to turn left onto McKee Street and struck a Dodge pickup traveling straight in the opposite direction, according to Batavia police."}],"event.detection_method":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Electrek was able to confirm that Tesla’s own report to federal regulators says the car’s driver-assist system was engaged as it made that turn."}],"event.incident_class":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"A Tesla Model Y turning left at an intersection collided with a pickup truck in Batavia, Illinois, killing a passenger in the Tesla — Maggie Espinosa, 37, a teacher and mother of five."}],"impact.harm_class":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Espinosa, a front-seat passenger in the Tesla, died of her injuries."}],"context.country":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"A Tesla Model Y turning left at an intersection collided with a pickup truck in Batavia, Illinois, killing a passenger in the Tesla — Maggie Espinosa, 37, a teacher and mother of five."}],"impact.severity":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Espinosa, a front-seat passenger in the Tesla, died of her injuries."}],"impact.severity_because":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Espinosa, a front-seat passenger in the Tesla, died of her injuries."}],"event.summary":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"A Tesla Model Y turning left at an intersection collided with a pickup truck in Batavia, Illinois, killing a passenger in the Tesla — Maggie Espinosa, 37, a teacher and mother of five."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"But Electrek was able to confirm that Tesla’s own report to federal regulators says the car’s driver-assist system was engaged as it made that turn."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"Espinosa, a front-seat passenger in the Tesla, died of her injuries."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"The Tesla’s driver and two others were injured."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"Batavia PD said that the crash “remains under investigation and is currently under review by the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office.”"},{"source_index":0,"quote":"No charges have been filed."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"This is part of an ongoing Electrek investigation matching reported crashes to Tesla’s redacted NHTSA data."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"Then it redacts the parts that would explain it: the crash narrative, the software version, and whether the road was within the system’s approved operating area — all as “confidential business information.”"}]},"notes_on_gaps":"Source 1 describes a different crash (Vinemont, Alabama, 2025-12-07, driver killed, 7-month-old daughter rescued by a passerby). The requested title mixes details from both; this record covers only the Batavia, Illinois crash in source 0 and uses nothing from source 1 for fields. The passerby detail in the title is therefore not supported for this incident. Not stated by any source: software version (redacted), whether FSD or basic Autopilot was active (Electrek infers FSD in all likelihood but does not confirm it), whether the system or the driver controlled the turn, root cause, trigger, responsible party, adversarial actor, records or money figures, vehicle model year beyond 2026, deployment context and lifecycle stage, date of disclosure, date of detection, and any remediation. Judgements made by me: developer set to Tesla as the implicated maker of the driver-assist system; autonomy_level set to supervised-auto from the Level 2 description and verified engagement; incident_class set to physical_safety; detection_method set to public_researcher because Electrek matched the NHTSA filing; severity set to severe on the safety-of-life test because a passenger died; the 2026-09-01 article date was not used as date_disclosed. Electrek flags a time-conversion discrepancy (12:54 UTC against about 4:19 p.m. local) and does not rely on it. Injury count for third parties is not stated as a number, so impact.third_parties_affected_count is omitted. Controls: only F1 is recorded as held, from Tesla's statement that it holds event-data, telematics and video; no control is stated to have failed or been bypassed. No remediation is reported. 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