Changan Qiyuan A07 Crash Kills Three; Investigation Blames Distracted Driving and Illegal Parking

At approximately 4:00 a.m. on October 2, 2025, a small passenger car rear-ended a heavy-duty truck on the Jiguang Expressway at kilometer marker 1408km+721m in Ruijin City, Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, resulting in three fatalities. According to an accident investigation report released by the Ganzhou Emergency Management Bureau on May 21, 2025, the car driver manually activated the IACC intelligent driving assistance system at 3:59:34 a.m., then removed both hands from the steering wheel between 4:00:00 and 4:00:13 a.m., and did not press either the accelerator or brake pedal in the moments leading up to the crash (from 4:00:09 to 4:00:14 a.m.). Meanwhile, the truck driver had illegally parked the vehicle. The investigation concluded that both drivers bore direct responsibility for the accident. The vehicle involved was a 2024 Changan Qiyuan A07 equipped with the previous-generation IACC system, which does not include LiDAR sensors. Changan Qiyuan stated that this system is designed for use on expressways or roads with good conditions and may fail to effectively detect obstacles in complex environments such as rain, fog, dust storms, or low-light conditions. The company emphasized that official announcements and investigative findings should be regarded as authoritative, cautioning against misinformation based on partial or incomplete information.