Industry · Other

BART

Robot types: Automation operator / site. Risk band: Elevated RobotRisk index 18.8/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 29 of 40 among Other companies with incidents (142 tracked).

Analyst brief

BART's record holds two related entries: the October 2013 killing of two track workers near Walnut Creek by a train operating in automatic mode, severity 5, followed by a November 2013 NTSB urgent recommendation for redundant train-worker protection. The sequence is regulator-driven in its aftermath, with the NTSB action responding directly to the fatality event, and the two entries form a single incident-and-response pair rather than a recurring pattern. Both entries date to the same month-scale window in late 2013, showing concentration rather than dispersion over time.

Risk index

18.8/100RobotRisk index

23.2/100Median index across the 40 Other companies with incident history (142 tracked, 102 with none)

29 of 40Rank in Other (of 40 with incident history)

ElevatedRisk band

Products and robot types

Industries: Other

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.

Robot type	Share of company risk	Rank within type
Automation operator / site	100%	8 of 13

Incident timeline

Comparisons over time

Per-type breakdown

Incident type	Unique incidents	Share
fatality	1	50%
regulatory	1	50%

Unique incident list

2 unique incidents on file for this company.

Sev	Date	Type	Location	Incident	Source
S5	19 Oct 2013	fatality	Near Walnut Creek, CA, USA	Train in automatic mode kills two track workers near Walnut Creek · 1 train / 2 fatalities	NTSB
S5	19 Oct 2013	regulatory	—	NTSB urgent recommendation for redundant train-worker protection after BART deaths · systemwide recommendation	CBS News San Francisco