Electric ‘self-driving’ BMW test car veers into oncoming traffic leaving one dead and nine injured in mass pile-up in Germany
Electric ‘self-driving’ BMW test car veers into oncoming traffic leaving one dead and nine injured in mass pile-up in Germany
- Partly automated BMW iX test car swerved out of its lane in Reutlingen and brushed oncoming Citroen
- The BMW then hit a Mercedes-Benz van head-on, resulting in the death of a 33-year-old woman in that vehicle
- 70-year-old Citroen driver lost control of her car and crashed into another vehicle with two people on board
- BMW confirmed the crash involved one of its models with Level 2 driver assistance systems. Such systems can brake automatically, accelerate and, unlike Level 1 systems, take over steering
By RACHAEL BUNYAN FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 09:58 EDT, 16 August 2022 | UPDATED: 14:21 EDT, 16 August 2022
