Toyota bZ4X Incident

On April [XXX], 2024, Toyota received an allegation related to this crash from the vehicle owner. The owner alleged that she, "put her car in self drive mode while it was raining, and the vehicle did not detect the big truck and when she went to brake, it pushed into the truck, which slid into another vehicle." The customer further clarified her allegation to be, "the Automatic Collision System did not work properly" and, "the vehicle misjudged the stop range and the PCS did not alert her, so she rear ended the vehicle in front of her." The owner stated that after the crash, the Toms Rivers Police Department (New Jersey) responded and stated the vehicle's, "PCS and Lane Assist we still on." The owner stated she received knee and wrist injuries, and that the other party was also injured and "went to the hospital". Although it was stated that Toms River Police Department responded, the owner did not state the incident location or if the police created a report. On May 16, 2024, Toyota completed a vehicle inspection field report related to the crash event and obtained the PCS Freeze Frame Data (PCS FFD) and Event Data Recorder (EDR) indicating that ADAS L2 was engaged in the recorded moments prior to the crash. The PCS FFD recording contains approximately 8 seconds of pre-crash data and images. From the PCS FFD, Toyota observed the following: Dynamic Radar Cruise Control (DRCC) was engaged from the start of the recording through the crash event. Lane Trace Assist (LTA) was engaged from the start of the recording until it was cancelled at approximately 2.2 seconds prior to the crash event due to vehicle deceleration. The Pre-Collision System (PCS) Alarm (FCW) activated between 1.2 seconds ad 0.7 seconds prior to the crash event. The system did not provide PCS braking (AEB). Driver brake input did not occur prior to the crash event.