The crash happened on a warm, sunny day in june, the street was dry. The day of the accident was 3.6.2023 at 14:16. One external influence, which could have effected the front camera, was the blazing sun. It was noticeable that after driving a longer distance and then resetting the target charge level to 80%, the car still charged to 100%, see also the chapter before the accident.
With Drive Mode B and all assistants active, but without ACC set to any value, I drove off the highway and approached the first intersection. Here, a car turned right in front of me, I stayed behind it and then only accelerated very slightly and then took my foot off the accelerator pedal completely. My car drove with the help of the creep function, i.e. it drove independently at 6 km/h.
There were already 3 vehicles at the intersection and the traffic light was red.
I applied the brakes at a sufficient distance, but the car didn’t react. I looked down at the pedals because, as I said, I was going very slowly and had much time and stepped on the brake pedal again. It felt hard, which could be an indication that the brake booster was not active, and the car continued to drive into the first vehicle at a slow speed. It then built up power and pushed it into the vehicle in front of it. It is clear from the damage caused that this did not happen at full throttle.
The result of the driving situation was that my vehicle pushed the 3 waiting vehicles, an SUV, a Multivan and a Sprinter, onto an intersection. My vehicle then came to a standstill. According to the accident data memory, this was due to the driver accelerating at 100%.
This picture shows the condition of the vehicles after the accident. The Sprinter was pushed approx. 2 m over the stop line.