{"id":"d721cfd5-68d4-431c-af55-f771d7fe4c53","slug":"nhtsa-sgo-30291-11324","kind":"collision","headline":"ADS crash report in Santa Clara, CA involving a TOYOTA Prius (NHTSA SGO 30291-11324)","summary":"On Tuesday, June [XXX], 2025 a Nuro vehicle operating in autonomous mode encountered a trash bin that had been placed away from the curb, sticking out into the travel lane, and due to operator error, the side mirror tapped it. The bin was not damaged or moved, but a plastic attachment to the Nuro vehicle sustained negligible damage. Law enforcement was not involved and there were no injuries reported or VRUs present.","occurredAt":"2025-06-01T12:00:00.000Z","reviewStatus":"reviewed","modelId":null,"deploymentId":null,"companyId":"24cc7835-a940-4663-a48b-803f6e546dea","aliases":[],"collisionRisk":"none","reviewNote":null,"severity":"minor","rootCauseCategory":null,"rootCauseDetail":null,"affectedUnitsCount":null,"affectedUnitsBasis":null,"remediationStatus":null,"regulatoryAction":null,"regulatoryBody":null,"propertyDamageEstimateUsd":null,"damageEstimateBasis":null,"bodilyInjurySeverity":"unknown","fatalityCount":null,"lossCostClass":null,"sourceQualityTier":null,"oshaRecordable":null,"oshaCaseNumber":null,"rootCauseDisclosed":null,"publicDisclosureDate":null,"insuranceClaimPublic":null,"formFactor":null,"latitude":null,"longitude":null,"autonomyClass":null,"legalOutcomeClass":"unknown","createdAt":"2026-08-02T05:02:37.115Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-09T05:24:01.599Z","model":null,"deployment":null,"company":{"id":"24cc7835-a940-4663-a48b-803f6e546dea","name":"Nuro","slug":"nuro","description":"Mountain View, CA-based autonomous vehicle company founded in 2016 by Jiajun Zhu and Dave Ferguson (both ex-Google self-driving car project). Nuro developed custom autonomous delivery vehicles (R2, R3) and became the first company to receive an NHTSA exemption for a vehicle without human controls. Raised approximately .13B in total funding including 00M Series D. Recently pivoted to licensing autonomy technology, raising 06M for that initiative.","status":"private","founded":2016,"hq":"Mountain View, CA","hqLat":37.3893889,"hqLng":-122.0832101,"hqGeocodedAt":"2026-08-05T14:41:36.855Z","hqAddress":null,"hqPrecision":null,"website":"nuro.jp","fundingTotal":"2340000000","type":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByCompanyId":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.nuro.ai","label":"Nuro — Company website"},{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuro","label":"Wikipedia — Nuro"},{"id":"fcc5a58e-9f29-42ed-8f9d-5c2cf68f560f","url":"https://www.theverge.com/transportation/936126/nuro-robotaxi-dave-ferguson-interview-uber-lucid-waymo","label":"Why Nuro thinks being a robotaxi ‘second mover’ gives it an advantage","title":"Why Nuro thinks being a robotaxi ‘second mover’ gives it an advantage","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"The Verge","publishedAt":"2026-05-24T14:21:00.000Z"},{"id":"70240f6a-b7de-4923-b10d-f28c6b181c20","url":"https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/28/waymo-dominates-texas-autonomous-vehicle-registrations-as-tesla-trails-behind/","label":"Waymo dominates autonomous vehicle registrations as Tesla trails behind","title":"Waymo dominates autonomous vehicle registrations as Tesla trails behind","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"Transportation & Auto News | TechCrunch","publishedAt":"2026-05-29T00:14:35.000Z"},{"url":"https://www.nuro.ai/technology","title":"Nuro - the Nuro Driver L4 autonomy technology (official)","sourceName":"Nuro (official)"},{"url":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nuro-expands-autonomous-technology-leadership-with-a-new-business-model-302244438.html","title":"Nuro expands to license the Nuro Driver (L4) to OEMs (Sept 2024)","sourceName":"Nuro (PR Newswire)"},{"url":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nuro-goes-fully-driverless-in-three-cities-advances-capabilities-of-the-nuro-driver-302309214.html","title":"Nuro goes fully driverless in three cities (Nov 2024)","sourceName":"Nuro (PR Newswire)"},{"url":"https://www.therobotreport.com/nuro-brings-106m-bolster-licensing-driven-business-model/","title":"Nuro brings in $106M to bolster its licensing model (Apr 2025)","sourceName":"The Robot Report"},{"url":"https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nuro-driver/","title":"NVIDIA - the Nuro Driver built on NVIDIA DRIVE Thor","sourceName":"NVIDIA"},{"url":"https://www.automotivedive.com/news/nuro-plans-license-driver-av-autonomous-driving-technology-automotive-oems/727379/","title":"Nuro plans to license its Driver AV technology to OEMs","sourceName":"Automotive Dive"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"Funding","value":"~$2.34B raised over 7 rounds; Series E ~$203M at ~$6B valuation (Aug 2025)"},{"label":"Strategic pivot","value":"From own delivery fleet → licensing the 'Nuro Driver' autonomy platform (since 2024)"},{"label":"Robotaxi deal","value":"Uber + Lucid partnership, 20,000+ Lucid-Nuro vehicles planned, first service late 2026"},{"label":"Delivery heritage","value":"R2/R3 delivery bots; past partners Kroger, Walmart, Domino's"},{"label":"Autonomy tiers","value":"Nuro Driver Assist (L2++) and Nuro Driver (L4)"},{"label":"Backers","value":"NVIDIA, Uber, Baillie Gifford, T. Rowe Price, Fidelity, Tiger Global, Greylock"},{"label":"HQ","value":"Mountain View, CA (founded 2016, Jiajun Zhu & Dave Ferguson)"},{"label":"wikidata","value":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55627135"},{"label":"wikipedia","value":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuro"},{"label":"Co-founders","value":"Jiajun Zhu, Dave Ferguson (ex-Google)"},{"label":"Total funding","value":"~.13B"},{"label":"Series D","value":"00M"},{"label":"Products","value":"R2, R3 autonomous delivery vehicles, autonomy licensing"},{"label":"Nevada manufacturing facility","value":"End-of-line manufacturing facility and test track in Nevada — $40M investment (verified)"},{"label":"Las Vegas test facility","value":"Dedicated closed-course testing facility in Las Vegas for Nuro Driver development"},{"label":"Phoenix depot closure","value":"Phoenix depot closed Oct 2022 — continued Tempe, AZ operations (verified corridor signal: depot closure preceded market wind-down)"},{"label":"Houston robotaxi depot","value":"50,000 sq ft depot facility secured by Uber for Nuro/Lucid robotaxi service in Houston — launch target mid-2027 (announced July 2026)"},{"label":"Uber-Lucid-Nuro partnership","value":"Three-way partnership: Nuro provides autonomy, Lucid provides vehicles, Uber provides ride-hail platform — Houston as first market"}],"aliases":["Nuro Inc","Nuro R2","Nuro R3","Nuro Prius"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"atsProvider":"greenhouse","atsSlug":"nuro","factoryLocations":null,"manufacturingCapacity":null,"orgType":null,"burnSignal":null,"litigationEvents":null,"insurancePostureDisclosed":null,"unitEconomicsDisclosed":null,"tickerSymbol":null,"stockExchange":null,"secCik":null,"revenueUsd":null,"revenueBasis":null,"revenueAsOf":null,"employeeCount":null,"employeeCountBasis":null,"employeeCountAsOf":null,"marketCapUsd":null,"marketCapAsOf":null,"marketCapSource":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-24T05:11:41.556Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-05T14:47:43.971Z"},"derived":{"status":"active"},"sources":[{"id":"fea3cb66-6996-4cde-808d-3d4e11d9b7b9","incidentId":"d721cfd5-68d4-431c-af55-f771d7fe4c53","url":"https://www.nhtsa.gov/laws-regulations/standing-general-order-crash-reporting#report-30291-11324","label":null,"publishedAt":null,"notes":null,"title":null,"sourceName":null,"mediaType":"article","videoId":null,"channel":null,"durationSec":null,"timestampSec":null,"createdAt":"2026-08-02T05:02:37.132Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-02T05:02:37.132Z"}],"responses":[],"statusEvents":[],"jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/incidents/nhtsa-sgo-30291-11324","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/incidents/nhtsa-sgo-30291-11324","headline":"ADS crash report in Santa Clara, CA involving a TOYOTA Prius (NHTSA SGO 30291-11324)","description":"On Tuesday, June [XXX], 2025 a Nuro vehicle operating in autonomous mode encountered a trash bin that had been placed away from the curb, sticking out into the travel lane, and due to operator error, the side mirror tapped it. The bin was not damaged or moved, but a plastic attachment to the Nuro vehicle sustained negligible damage. Law enforcement was not involved and there were no injuries reported or VRUs present.","identifier":"d721cfd5-68d4-431c-af55-f771d7fe4c53","datePublished":"2025-06-01T12:00:00.000Z","articleSection":"collision","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"},"author":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}},"framework_metadata":{"framework_schema_version":"0.1.0","verification_status":"verified","maturity_stage":null,"lifecycle_state":null,"architectural_position":{"cohort":null,"sub_cohorts":[]},"within_cohort_verified_vs_claimed_pair":null,"cap_flags":[],"verification_depth":{"sources_count":1,"primary_source_types":["primary-regulatory-filing"]}}}