AI system
- System
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Tesla Autopilot (with the active safety features it powers)
- Model
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Not assessed
- Release
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Exact release not established.
- Application developer
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Tesla - Role
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The driver reported that the system stabilized the car after his evasive steering.
- Configuration
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The report identified a Tesla Model 3, without an installed Autopilot release.
- Inputs and outputs
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Not assessed
- Autonomy
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Not assessed
- Workflow
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A Tesla with Autopilot engaged, by the driver's account, on an unlit road at about 4 am, with its cameras recording from four sides. A sudden steering input by the driver to avoid an animal, after which the car's control systems straighten the course.
- Human oversight
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Not assessed
- Relation to AI
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By Van Hoesen's account to Het Laatste Nieuws, relayed by the Daily Star and DH.be, he turned the wheel to avoid the boar. The car then took over, straightening the course and working against his steering. On that account the system's contribution was stabilization after a human evasive input, not the initial avoidance. Le Figaro credits Autopilot with the swerve itself, and Electrek notes Autopilot had been thought incapable of such drastic maneuvers. Musk's reply endorses the Autopilot reading but adds no data. No Tesla telemetry, police report or engineering assessment is cited.
- AI contribution
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By Van Hoesen's account to Het Laatste Nieuws, relayed by the Daily Star and DH.be, he turned the wheel to avoid the boar. The car then took over, straightening the course and working against his steering. On that account the system's contribution was stabilization after a human evasive input, not the initial avoidance. Le Figaro credits Autopilot with the swerve itself, and Electrek notes Autopilot had been thought incapable of such drastic maneuvers. Musk's reply endorses the Autopilot reading but adds no data. No Tesla telemetry, police report or engineering assessment is cited.
Benefits
- Outcome identifiers
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Not assessed
- Benefit
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Baker Kenneth Van Hoesen swerved around a wild boar at 4 am on 30 May 2020 in Houthalen-Helchteren; he says his Model 3 then took over and straightened the car; Musk replied on Twitter.
- Category
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Increased Product Safety
- Status
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Not assessed
- Beneficiary groups
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People.
- Beneficiaries
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Not assessed
- Reach
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Not assessed
- Distribution and access
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Not assessed
- Duration
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Not assessed
- Expected?
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Yes
- Costs and harms
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Not assessed
Measurement
- Studies
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Not assessed
- Study design
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Not assessed
- Measurement
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Not assessed
- Setting and sample
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Not assessed
- Measures
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Not assessed
- Comparison
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Not assessed
- Results
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Not assessed
- Additional value from AI
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Not assessed
- Limitations
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Not assessed
- Denominators
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Not assessed
- Materials for replication
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Not assessed
Money
- Kind of value
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Not assessed
- Amount
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Not assessed
- Currency and prices
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Not assessed
- Period and unit
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Not assessed
- Realization
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Not assessed
- Recipients and payers
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Not assessed
- Gross or net
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Not assessed
- Included costs
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Not assessed
- Comparison
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Not assessed
- Method
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Not assessed
- Return and payback
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Not assessed
People and places
- Participants
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Developer:
Tesla. - Jurisdictions
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Benefit: Houthalen-Helchteren,
Belgium. Developer: 
United States. - Ownership and control
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Not assessed
- Dependencies
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Not assessed
- Cross-border connections
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Not assessed
- Geopolitical implications
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Not assessed
Follow-up
- Conditions for replication
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The road is otherwise empty, so the swerve and the correction stay within the carriageway. The driver does not fight the correction. Van Hoesen said he felt the wheel working against him. The animal is small enough, or far enough away, to be missed or only grazed.
- Replication attempts
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Not assessed
- Later findings
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Not assessed
- Availability
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Not assessed
- Institutional decision
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Not assessed
- Grounds
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Not assessed
- Action and result
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Not assessed
- Success criterion
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Not assessed
Evidence
- Source numbers
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AIBD-0364-source-0001–0006
- Citations
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Numbered references below.
- Language
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Not assessed
- Source relationships
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Independent
- Original evidence
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Not assessed
- Access and versions
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Not assessed
- Supported findings
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Not assessed
- Evidence links
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Not assessed
- Evidence strength
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Not assessed
- Missing evidence
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Not assessed
Grades
- Assessed benefits
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People.
- Depth
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People: 2.
- Reasons
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People: One driver kept control of his car after swerving around a wild boar at 4 am and arrived unhurt. By his account the car straightened the swerve he had begun. Whether he would have lost control or struck the animal without that correction is unknown. No avoided injury or damage is measured, so a removed risk is not established.
- Observed or intended
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Not assessed
- Rubric
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Not assessed
- Assessor and date
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Not assessed
- Alternative assessments
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Not assessed
- Fill
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Independently reported
Entry details
- Kind
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Not assessed
- Related entries
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Not assessed
- Field
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Road vehicle crash avoidance. Automotive.
- Purpose
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Autopilot is a driver-assistance system that steers, accelerates and brakes within a lane and includes collision-avoidance features. Keeping the car under control after an evasive swerve is within that intended use as the driver and Musk describe it.
- Dates
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Date basis unassessed: 2020 (precision unassessed). Updated: 21 October 2026.
- Stage
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Not assessed
- Version
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SHA-256: 2bfa51f58b91…
References
- Other identifiers
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oecd_aim: 2020-06-10-258f.
- Category mappings
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Not assessed
- Brief
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Not assessed
- Revisions
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4 revisions. Latest: 21 October 2026.
Sources
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News report Independent author
Jackson S (2020). Elon Musk says Tesla car is 'superhuman' after it automatically swerves pig. Daily Star, 9 June 2020.
Kenneth was driving a Tesla Model 3 in the Kazernelaan in Houthalen-Helchteren on Saturday, May 30.
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News report Independent author
Lambert F (2020). Watch Tesla Autopilot avoid running over a pig in the middle of the road. Electrek, 8 June 2020.
Autopilot prime directive is: Don’t crash. What seems fast to humans is slow to a computer.
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News report Independent author
J'ai tourné le volant, mais la voiture a immédiatement repris le contrôle pour me remettre sur la route
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News report Independent author
L'Avenir (2020). VIDÉO | Un Belge évite un sanglier grâce à sa Tesla et fait réagir Elon Musk en personne. Lavenir.net, 10 June 2020.
Alors que ce boulanger flamand se rendait au travail vers 4h du matin, les caméras intégrées dans sa voiture ont repéré un sanglier sur la route.
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News report Independent author
Le Figaro (2020). Le conducteur d'une Tesla évite de justesse un sanglier grâce à l'Autopilot. Le Figaro, 12 June 2020.
a pu faire un important écart non pas grâce aux réflexes du conducteur, mais grâce au système de pilotage automatique de la Tesla
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Registry label Independent author
OECD.AI (2020). Tesla Autopilot Prevents Collision with Wild Boar in Belgium. OECD AI Incidents and Hazards Monitor, entry 2020-06-10-258f.
A Belgian baker narrowly avoided a collision with a wild boar when his Tesla's Autopilot system intervened, taking control to steer the car away from the animal.