February 19, 2026 Fresh crash disclosures are putting Tesla’s robotaxi safety claims under renewed scrutiny. New filings with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show five additional incidents involving Tesla’s autonomous fleet in Austin, according to data compiled by Electrek.

The newly logged crashes occurred between December 2025 and January and involved Model Y vehicles operating with autonomous driving features active. Reported incidents included a low-speed impact with a fixed object, a collision with a bus while stationary, a minor crash with a truck, and two cases where vehicles reversed into obstacles.

With the new entries, Tesla has now reported 14 crashes tied to its Austin robotaxi deployment since the service began last June. Based on mileage estimates from company disclosures, the fleet likely surpassed 800,000 paid miles by mid-January, implying an incident roughly every 57,000 miles.

That ratio is particularly noteworthy because it contrasts with Tesla’s own safety benchmarks. The company has previously stated that the average U.S. driver experiences a minor crash about once every 229,000 miles. While early-stage autonomous fleets operate under different conditions, the comparison suggests Tesla’s program may still lag behind typical human-driving safety averages.

Questions around transparency are also emerging. Unlike competitors such as Waymo and Zoox, Tesla has withheld detailed narratives in federal crash filings, citing confidential business information. In one case, a previously reported incident was later updated from property damage to a crash involving hospitalization, raising concerns about how outcomes are tracked over time.

The scrutiny extends beyond Tesla. U.S. regulators recently opened an investigation into Waymo following a January incident involving a child near a school zone, and are separately examining reports that some autonomous vehicles failed to stop for school buses.