{"id":"bfef11aa-6ccf-42a4-a4fd-d60d474d0f1c","slug":"avride-jersey-city-cyclist-injury-2025-10-22","kind":"injury","headline":"Avride delivery robot struck a cyclist in Jersey City, who suffered a broken clavicle and concussion","summary":"On October 22, 2025, around 5 p.m., a cyclist (Conor Shannon, 32) riding home in a bike lane on Varick Street in Jersey City crashed when an Avride delivery robot, operated in partnership with Uber, unexpectedly darted into the bike lane in front of him. He was thrown over his handlebars, suffering a concussion and a broken clavicle; he reported the robot then attempted to leave the scene. Shannon, represented by attorney Adam Lederman, plans to sue Uber and Avride. Reported as the first crash involving a delivery robot in New Jersey and one of the first delivery-robot personal-injury lawsuits of its kind.","occurredAt":"2025-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","reviewStatus":"reviewed","modelId":null,"deploymentId":"349eadca-5b4f-4aec-8497-de0c78ebe967","companyId":null,"aliases":[],"collisionRisk":"none","reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-26T19:11:09.979Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-26T19:11:28.658Z","model":null,"deployment":{"id":"349eadca-5b4f-4aec-8497-de0c78ebe967","modelId":"ea6e1e0c-2941-46e1-858d-3e95ec7482d7","versionId":null,"locationId":"911b848e-cebb-4a6f-bb39-5b06884bbb05","operatorId":null,"ownerId":null,"slug":"avride-delivery-jersey-city","status":"active","firstSeen":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.newsweek.com/bicyclist-suing-crash-delivery-robot-new-jersey-lawsuit-11952852","label":"Avride delivery robots in Jersey City since Feb 2025, first East Coast city","title":"Avride delivery robots in Jersey City since Feb 2025, first East Coast city","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"Newsweek","publishedAt":"2026-05-11"}],"notes":"Operator: Avride with Uber Eats. Avride sidewalk delivery robots (cooler-sized, distinct from the Ioniq 5 robotaxi) operate in Jersey City, New Jersey — introduced February 2025, the first East Coast city to offer Uber 'delivery by robot.' Site of the October 22, 2025 cyclist injury (see incident). NOTE: linked to the Avride model record as the operator's delivery program; the delivery bots are a different form factor than the robotaxi but share the operator. (If a distinct delivery-bot model is later created, repoint this deployment.)","keyFacts":[{"label":"Service","value":"Uber Eats sidewalk delivery robots"},{"label":"Launched","value":"February 2025 (first US East Coast robot-delivery city)"}],"reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-26T19:11:08.648Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-26T19:11:21.211Z"},"company":null,"derived":{"status":"active"},"sources":[{"id":"d4a14e33-34a4-451e-a613-3eee0cf2f68f","incidentId":"bfef11aa-6ccf-42a4-a4fd-d60d474d0f1c","url":"https://www.newsweek.com/bicyclist-suing-crash-delivery-robot-new-jersey-lawsuit-11952852","label":"Conor Shannon, Varick St, Oct 22 2025 5pm, broken clavicle + concussion, robot left scene, suing Uber/Avride","publishedAt":"2026-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","notes":null,"title":"Conor Shannon, Varick St, Oct 22 2025 5pm, broken clavicle + concussion, robot left scene, suing Uber/Avride","sourceName":"Newsweek","mediaType":"article","videoId":null,"channel":null,"durationSec":null,"timestampSec":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-26T19:11:10.137Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-26T19:11:10.137Z"},{"id":"c43a0475-465b-4d43-bd4c-c2a42acbef6a","incidentId":"bfef11aa-6ccf-42a4-a4fd-d60d474d0f1c","url":"https://lependorf.com/blog/bicycle-accident/new-jersey-cyclist-sues-after-delivery-robot-accident/","label":"News12 NJ: cyclist suing Uber and Avride over Oct 2025 Jersey City robot crash","publishedAt":"2026-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","notes":null,"title":"News12 NJ: cyclist suing Uber and Avride over Oct 2025 Jersey City robot crash","sourceName":"Lependorf","mediaType":"article","videoId":null,"channel":null,"durationSec":null,"timestampSec":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-26T19:11:10.292Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-26T19:11:10.292Z"}],"responses":[{"id":"1442cae0-bd84-439d-bd54-46c556a5894f","incidentId":"bfef11aa-6ccf-42a4-a4fd-d60d474d0f1c","respondentName":"Avride","respondentRole":"operator","body":"An Avride spokesperson said the company is aware of the incident involving a cyclist and one of its delivery robots that took place in October 2025.","respondedAt":"2026-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","provenance":{"tier":"reported","assertedBy":{"name":"Avride","entityId":"4143e494-260e-49c8-8d04-3e85d9c7218a"},"confidence":0.8,"reportedVia":{"url":"https://www.newsweek.com/bicyclist-suing-crash-delivery-robot-new-jersey-lawsuit-11952852","title":"Bicyclist to Sue After Breaking Clavicle in Crash With Robot","sourceName":"Newsweek","publishedAt":"2026-05-11"}},"createdAt":"2026-05-26T19:11:10.525Z"}],"statusEvents":[]}