On 19 August 1961, a driverless Volvo PV544 car crashed into a docked HSwMS Bävern submarine in Lysekil, Sweden.

[2] A Volvo PV544 car was parked by the telephone exchange building at Fiskaregatan Street, near the South Harbor in Lysekil.

After passing by a shipment of barrels of herring, it crossed the Södra-Hamngatan Street and crashed into the bow of the HSwMS Bävern docked at the pier.

Fortunately no people were hurt and the accident was so surprising Volvo pardoned the driver and used the event as a marketing strategy.

[2][3] The aftermath of the accident was captured in a photograph by Hans Johansson, editor of the local Kuriren [sv] newspaper,[1] who happened to witness the collision.