Incidents

A structured, sourced ledger of incidents involving deployed robots — collisions, injuries, recalls, regulatory actions, malfunctions, property damage, traffic disruption. Each entry is classified, attributed, and append-only; corrections and retractions are recorded on the record, never deleted.

• Waymo suspended Atlanta robotaxi service after a robotaxi was stuck amid flooding (May 2026)2026-05-21 · malfunction
• Waymo temporarily suspended freeway robotaxi service in four cities to improve construction-zone performance (May 2026)2026-05-21 · other
• Waymo issued a software recall and halted San Antonio service over robotaxis driving into floods (May 2026)2026-05-14 · recall
• NHTSA opened an investigation into Avride after 16 robotaxi crashes in Dallas and Austin2026-05-06 · regulatory_action
• Apollo Go robotaxis in Wuhan stranded passengers in service-wide malfunction2026-03-31 · malfunction
• Serve Robotics delivery robot 'Nasir' shattered a CTA bus shelter in Chicago's West Town2026-03-22 · property_damage
• Tesla robotaxis logged 17 NHTSA-reported incidents in Austin, including two teleoperator-caused crashes2026-03-01 · collision
• Zoox robotaxi struck an opening car door in San Francisco, injuring a street ambassador2026-01-17 · injury
• Zoox recalled 332 robotaxis over unnecessary lane-crossings near intersections2025-12-23 · recall
• Avride delivery robot struck a cyclist in Jersey City, who suffered a broken clavicle and concussion2025-10-22 · injury
• Serve Robotics delivery robot and mobility-scooter user involved in sidewalk encounter, West Hollywood (Sept 2025)2025-09-12 · other
• Zoox recalled ~270 robotaxis after a Las Vegas collision with a passenger car2025-04-08 · recall
• Starship Technologies delivery robot reportedly struck a parked car and left the scene, Helsinki (2025)2025-01-01 · property_damage
• Waymo robotaxi and Serve Robotics delivery robot collided in West Hollywood (Dec 2024)2024-12-27 · collision
• Cruise driverless robotaxi dragged a pedestrian ~20 feet in San Francisco2023-10-02 · injury
• Starship Technologies delivery robot reportedly struck and injured a pedestrian at Arizona State University (Sept 2023)2023-09-01 · injury