Avride
Products: n/a. Risk band: Elevated RobotRisk index 35.2/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 7 of 15 among AV trucking companies with incidents (93 tracked).
Analyst brief
Avride's index of 35.2 ranks 7 of 15 companies in AV trucking with incident history. NHTSA's opening of a probe following Texas crashes is the dominant event and establishes this as a regulator-driven record rather than a press-driven one. The malfunction entry, an animal strike that prompted a voluntary testing pause, is low in severity relative to the regulatory action. The two-entry record does not establish a repeating pattern; it reflects a single regulatory intervention with an ancillary operational incident.
Risk index
Incident timeline
Comparisons over time
Per-type breakdown
| Incident type | Unique incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| regulatory | 1 | 50% |
| malfunction | 1 | 50% |
Unique incident list
2 unique incidents on file for this company.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S3 | ~May 2026 | regulatory | TX, USA | NHTSA opens probe into Avride after Texas self-driving crashes · 37 cumulative logged accidents; formal NHTSA probe | Reuters |
| S1 | ~Apr 2026 | malfunction | Austin, TX, USA | Avride autonomous vehicle strikes and kills a duck in Austin, prompting testing pause · 1 vehicle, animal fatality | KXAN |
S3 ~May 2026 · regulatory · NHTSA opens probe into Avride after Texas self-driving crashes
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S3 | ~May 2026 | NHTSA opens probe into Avride after Texas self-driving crashes | Reuters |
S1 ~Apr 2026 · malfunction · Avride autonomous vehicle strikes and kills a duck in Austin, prompting testing pause
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | ~Apr 2026 | Avride autonomous vehicle strikes and kills a duck in Austin, prompting testing pause | KXAN |
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