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Verified robot incidents

Every recorded robot incident in the DEPLOY registry. Collisions, injuries, fatalities, recalls, regulatory actions. Each one tied to a real deployment, model, or company, and sourced.

This is the sourced accountability record, not a safety essay. Every incident below names a subject and cites at least one source. Injury and fatality entries require at least two independent sources before they enter this index. Retracted entries are excluded from this listing and remain reachable at their canonical URLs with the retraction recorded. How we verify →

Definitions: see the glossary.

See also: all verified deployments, verified robotaxis, humanoid companies.

367
Verified incidents
123
Affected operators
38
Collisions
63
Injuries / fatalities
133
Recalls
63
Regulatory actions

38 of 367 incidents shown. Sort by severity to surface fatality / injury / recall first.

ProvenanceHeadlineKindDateSubjectSources
DEPLOY VERIFIEDAvride delivery rover crashed into parked car in Moscow and fled the scene — first recorded delivery robot hit-and-runCollision2026-07-07Avride1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDAmazon Prime Air MK30 drone crashes into apartment building in Richardson, TexasCollision2026-07-02Amazon Prime Air1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDZoox robotaxi involved in minor crash on Las Vegas Boulevard and Harmon Avenue, vehicle towedCollision2026-06-15Zoox1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDDaxbot sidewalk robot struck by vehicle in Tyler TexasCollision2026-06-12Daxbot1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDDaxbot sidewalk robot destroyed by truck in Tyler, TX 24 hours after deploymentCollision2026-06-11Dax ADA1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDWaymo recalls 672 robotaxis after vehicle collided with telephone pole in PhoenixCollision2026-06-10Waymo1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDTesla reveals two Robotaxi crashes involving teleoperators in newly unredacted NHTSA reportsCollision2026-05-15Tesla1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDTesla robotaxis logged 17 NHTSA-reported incidents in Austin, including two teleoperator-caused crashesCollision2026-03-01Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) at Austin5
DEPLOY VERIFIEDTesla robotaxi crash count rises to 14 in Austin, roughly 4x human driver rateCollision2026-02-17Tesla1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDAmazon Prime Air MK30 delivery drone crashed into apartment building in Richardson, TexasCollision2026-02-04Amazon Prime Air1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDWaymo 'Ojai' vehicle in manual mode crashes into multiple parked cars in Echo Park, Los AngelesCollision2026-01-25Waymo1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDWaymo robotaxi strikes child near Santa Monica elementary school, NHTSA opens investigationCollision2026-01-24Waymo1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDWaymo driverless robotaxi struck a child near Santa Monica elementary school, prompting NHTSA preliminary evaluationCollision2026-01-23Waymo1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDAutonomous vessel River Drone 5 collides with container ship near RotterdamCollision2025-12-05River Drone1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDTwo Amazon MK30 drones struck the same construction crane in Tolleson, ArizonaCollision2025-10-01Prime Air MK301
DEPLOY VERIFIEDServe Robotics delivery robot collides with man with cerebral palsy on mobility scooter in West HollywoodCollision2025-09-25Serve Robotics1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDTwo Xpeng Aeroht eVTOLs collide and crash during air show rehearsal in ChinaCollision2025-09-16Xpeng AeroHT1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDDJI Mavic 3 Enterprise collides with a UH-60 Black Hawk during Texas flood search-and-rescueCollision2025-07-07DJI0
DEPLOY VERIFIEDZTO Express Jiushi autonomous delivery vehicle dragged fallen electric scooter in Xianyang, ShaanxiCollision2025-04-08ZTO Express1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDHobbyist DJI Mini 3 Pro punches a hole in a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft during the LA Palisades FireCollision2025-01-09DJI0
DEPLOY VERIFIEDWaymo robotaxi and Serve Robotics delivery robot collided in West Hollywood (Dec 2024)Collision2024-12-27Waymo Driver 6th-gen3
DEPLOY VERIFIEDRiver Drone 5 collided with container ship near RotterdamCollision2024-12-01River Drone 51
DEPLOY VERIFIEDUSCG report: 16-foot autonomous vessel collided with rowing scull on Patapsco River in BaltimoreCollision2024-08-07Oceaneering1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDZoox robotaxi involved in vehicle collision during Las Vegas testing (Jun 2024)Collision2024-06-01Zoox Robotaxi0
DEPLOY VERIFIEDWaymo robotaxi collides with pickup truck in San Francisco (Feb 2024)Collision2024-02-11Waymo Driver 6th-gen2
DEPLOY VERIFIEDCruise robotaxi collided with an SF fire truck responding to an emergency; one passenger injuredCollision2023-08-17Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt)1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDAutonomous Caterpillar haul truck reversed into a manned excavator at BHP's Goonyella coal mine (2023)Collision2023-08-01Caterpillar1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDAutonomous Cat truck hit excavator at BHP Mitsubishi Alliance Goonyella mine after communications lossCollision2023-08-01Cat MineStar Command for Hauling1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDTuSimple autonomous truck swerved across I-10 and struck a concrete barrier (Tucson)Collision2022-04-06TuSimple Autonomous Truck2
DEPLOY VERIFIEDDJI Matrice M210 police drone collides with a Cessna 172 on final approach near Buttonville, OntarioCollision2021-08-10DJI0
DEPLOY VERIFIEDArgo AI reported one minor injury crash in July 2021 in PennsylvaniaCollision2021-07-01Argo AI1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDNHTSA suspends EasyMile passenger trials nationwide after emergency braking incident in Columbus, OhioCollision2020-02-25EZ101
DEPLOY VERIFIEDDJI Mavic 2 Zoom collides with an AS350 helicopter filming the King of the Hammers race in CaliforniaCollision2020-02-06DJI0
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPedestrian collided with side of Navya autonomous shuttleCollision2018-09-01Navya1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDDJI Mavic Pro collides with a passenger hot air balloon near Driggs, IdahoCollision2018-08-10DJI0
DEPLOY VERIFIEDNavya autonomous shuttle collided with truck in Las Vegas on first dayCollision2017-11-08Navya1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDDJI Phantom 4 strikes a US Army Black Hawk over Staten Island in the first confirmed US civilian-drone / manned-aircraft midair collisionCollision2017-09-21DJI0
DEPLOY VERIFIEDAutonomous haul truck collided with a manned water cart at BHP's Jimblebar iron-ore mine (2014)Collision2014-08-01Caterpillar1