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Baidu

Robot types: Automation operator, Robotaxi. Risk band: High   RobotRisk index 62.0/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 7 of 17 among Autonomous vehicles and trucking companies with incidents (141 tracked).

Analyst brief

Crash and injury types dominate, with three of five entries involving pedestrian strikes, two of severity 4, including a December 2025 incident in which a pedestrian was trapped beneath the vehicle. The remaining two entries are a 2024 jaywalking-pedestrian strike and a March 2026 system-failure outage in Wuhan. The concentration of repeated pedestrian-strike entries across an 18-month span constitutes a recurring pattern of the same failure mode rather than a single event, and the record is press-driven, built from incident and outage reporting rather than a formal regulatory action.

Risk index

62.0/100RobotRisk index
36.1/100Median index across the 17 Autonomous vehicles and trucking companies with incident history (141 tracked, 124 with none)
7 of 17Rank in Autonomous vehicles and trucking (of 17 with incident history)
HighRisk band

Products and robot types

Industries: Autonomous vehicles and trucking (primary), Other · Sectors: Ground Passenger Transportation

Risk is scored per product and robot type: each incident is attributed to the product it names, or to the company's matching robot type. Listed industry was Other; RobotRisk files this company under Autonomous vehicles and trucking because that is where its documented incident risk sits.

Robot typeShare of company riskRank within type
Robotaxi100%4 of 8
ProductRobot typeStatusIncidentsIndex
Apollo Go (RT6) Robotaxishipping662.0

Incident timeline

Comparisons over time

Per-type breakdown

Incident typeUnique incidentsShare
injury350%
crash233%
outage117%

Unique incident list

6 unique incidents on file for this company.

SevDateTypeLocationIncidentSource
S231 Mar 2026 outage Wuhan, ChinaBaidu Apollo Go Robotaxis Stall in Traffic During System Failure in Wuhan · ~100 vehicles Wired
S406 Dec 2025 injury ChinaBaidu Apollo Go Robotaxi Strikes Pedestrians, One Trapped Beneath Vehicle Interesting Engineering
S406 Dec 2025 injury Zhuzhou, Hunan, ChinaCity of Zhuzhou in Hunan Suspended Hellobike Robotaxi Service After Vehicle Struck Two Pedestrians · 1 robotaxi, 2 pedestrians CarNewsChina
S406 Dec 2025 crash Zhuzhou, Hunan, ChinaBaidu Apollo RT6 robotaxi (operated by Hello) hits two pedestrians, traps one under car in Zhuzhou Interesting Engineering
S3~Jul 2024 crash ChinaBaidu Apollo Go robotaxi accident sparks safety debate in China Caixin Global
S2~Jul 2024 injury Wuhan, ChinaBaidu Apollo Go robotaxi strikes jaywalking pedestrian in Wuhan Associated Press
S2 31 Mar 2026 · outage · Baidu Apollo Go Robotaxis Stall in Traffic During System Failure in Wuhan
Wuhan, China1 supporting source rowhigh confidence
SevDateSupporting source rowSource
S231 Mar 2026Baidu Apollo Go Robotaxis Stall in Traffic During System Failure in WuhanWired
S4 06 Dec 2025 · injury · Baidu Apollo Go Robotaxi Strikes Pedestrians, One Trapped Beneath Vehicle
China1 supporting source rowmedium confidence
SevDateSupporting source rowSource
S406 Dec 2025Baidu Apollo Go Robotaxi Strikes Pedestrians, One Trapped Beneath VehicleInteresting Engineering
S4 06 Dec 2025 · injury · City of Zhuzhou in Hunan Suspended Hellobike Robotaxi Service After Vehicle Struck Two Pedestrians
Zhuzhou, Hunan, China1 supporting source rowhigh confidence
SevDateSupporting source rowSource
S406 Dec 2025City of Zhuzhou in Hunan Suspended Hellobike Robotaxi Service After Vehicle Struck Two PedestriansCarNewsChina
S4 06 Dec 2025 · crash · Baidu Apollo RT6 robotaxi (operated by Hello) hits two pedestrians, traps one under car in Zhuzhou
Zhuzhou, Hunan, China1 supporting source rowmedium confidence
SevDateSupporting source rowSource
S406 Dec 2025Baidu Apollo RT6 robotaxi (operated by Hello) hits two pedestrians, traps one under car in ZhuzhouInteresting Engineering
S3 ~Jul 2024 · crash · Baidu Apollo Go robotaxi accident sparks safety debate in China
China1 supporting source rowmedium confidence
SevDateSupporting source rowSource
S3~Jul 2024Baidu Apollo Go robotaxi accident sparks safety debate in ChinaCaixin Global
S2 ~Jul 2024 · injury · Baidu Apollo Go robotaxi strikes jaywalking pedestrian in Wuhan
Wuhan, China1 supporting source rowhigh confidence
SevDateSupporting source rowSource
S2~Jul 2024Baidu Apollo Go robotaxi strikes jaywalking pedestrian in WuhanAssociated Press

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