Tesla Model Y driver walks away after high-speed rear-end crash

A Tesla Model Y driver who was involved in a violent, high-speed rear-end crash walked away from the incident reportedly unharmed. The incredible account of the frightening incident was shared among electric vehicle community members on social media recently. 

Images of the aftermath of the crash were initially posted on the r/TeslaModelY subreddit. The image showed a Model Y with its rear completely mangled. As per the user who shared the photo of the ill-fated vehicle, his father, who had been driving the all-electric crossover, had a flat tire, so he pulled over to the side of the road and waited for a tow truck.  

Suddenly, a vehicle smashed into the Model Y at high speed. Videos that were later shared by the r/TeslaModelY subreddit user showed that the car that crashed into the Model Y, a Subaru Forester, did not seem to engage its brakes at all prior to the collision. 

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This meant that the Model Y absorbed the full brunt of the impact from the speeding Subaru. This, according to the r/TeslaModelY subreddit user, was because the driver of the Subaru fell asleep at the wheel. The violence of the crash was substantial, with parts of the Forester flying in the air as the vehicle smashed into the Model Y. 

Fortunately, both the Model Y and the Forester’s driver were reportedly able to walk away from the incident relatively unharmed. This is quite remarkable considering that the Subaru seemed to be traveling at about 60-70 mph before it hit the Tesla. In a vehicle that is less safe than the Model Y, the results of the incident might have been more serious. 

Correction to my original post. The person uploaded videos in the Reddit thread:

It was not a truck who hit the Model Y, it was a Subaru Forester. Nonetheless it’s amazing the driver of the Model Y walked away unharmed.

If anyone is wondering, the driver of the Subaru also… https://t.co/yFkgNIlVpY pic.twitter.com/flpb6OAqji

— Nic Cruz Patane (@niccruzpatane) July 10, 2024

Teslas like the Model Y are designed to be as safe as possible. They are also equipped with a number of key software-based safety features that have gained the appreciation of experts over the years. These include Parental Controls, which allow parents to set speed and acceleration restrictions on vehicles. As per Steve Gooding, the director of the RAC Foundation, a transport policy and research organization in the UK, such safety features could save lives. 

“Using the technology already built into the car to enforce the wise counsel of parents who are probably footing the bills makes a lot of sense for newly qualified young drivers. Fully automated vehicles might one day take human error out of the road safety equation. But until that happens there is much a modern car can do to help drivers through features such as lane assist, emergency braking and intelligent speed advisory systems,” Gooding said. 

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