Products: Robotaxi. Risk band: High
RobotRisk index 73.8/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 3 of 15 among AV trucking companies with incidents (93 tracked).
Analyst brief
The record contains ten entries spanning December 2022 through December 2024, covering hard-braking and immobilization investigations, a pedestrian-dragging injury, multiple regulatory fines and permit suspensions, a nationwide operations halt, a software recall, a false-report admission, and the eventual wind-down of the standalone robotaxi business. The dominant pattern is regulatory: three entries are explicitly regulatory actions (NHTSA fines, DMV suspension) layered on top of injury, recall, and shutdown events, indicating sustained enforcement scrutiny following the pedestrian-dragging incident rather than a single isolated failure. Severity is concentrated at the high end, with five of ten entries coded severity 3 or 4, and the trajectory runs from an initial investigation through escalating regulatory and injury events to eventual business termination. Cruise's index of 73.8 ranks 3 of 15 companies in AV trucking with incident history. The record as a whole documents a multi-year pattern of recurring safety, disclosure, and regulatory events culminating in the shutdown of the robotaxi operation.
Risk index
73.8/100RobotRisk index
32.1/100Median index across the 15 AV trucking companies with incident history (93 tracked, 78 with none)
3 of 15Rank in AV trucking (of 15 with incident history)