1. (a) The department may require supplemental information relevant to assessing the safety performance of an autonomous vehicle from the manufacturer in connection with a collision report. This may include, but is not limited to, technical information, images, video and depictions about the status and operation of the vehicle's sensors recorded 30 seconds prior to the time of the collision, including, but not limited to, plots of the distance and the speed difference relative to the relevant targets in the collision path, the speed and acceleration of the subject vehicle and the acceleration, braking and steering commands that were issued by the automated driving system, and camera footage with target tracking representations.
2. (b) The manufacturer shall certify that the autonomous vehicle has a separate mechanism, in addition to, and separate from, any other mechanism required by law, to capture and store the autonomous technology sensor data for at least 30 seconds before a collision occurs between the autonomous vehicle and another vehicle, object, or natural person while the vehicle is operating in autonomous mode. The autonomous technology sensor data shall be captured and stored in a read-only format by the mechanism so that the data is retained until extracted from the mechanism by an external device capable of downloading and storing the data. The data shall be preserved for three years after the date of the collision.
3. (c) If no collision occurred during the reporting period, the manufacturer shall report such to the department.

A manufacturer authorized to operate an autonomous vehicle on public roads in deployment, or a manufacturer providing an automated driving system service, shall provide to the department the full National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Standing General Order 2021-01 (June 2025) crash report for crashes occurring within the State of California, including full content of report, within the timeframes specified pursuant to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Standing General Order 2021-01 (June 2025), which is hereby incorporated by reference, or the equivalent if such a requirement is revised. If the Standing General Order 2021-01 is rescinded, then reporting requirements from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Standing General Order 2021-01 (June 2025) shall apply. The report shall be submitted using the electronic Collision Reporting Template (Rev. 2/2025) which is hereby incorporated by reference, provided by the department. The manufacturer shall submit the report electronically in .csv format via the department's web page or portal.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 1651 and 38750, Vehicle Code. Reference: Sections 11701, 11713 and 38750, Vehicle Code.

History

1. New section filed 4-28-2026; operative 4-28-2026 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2026, No. 18).