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Starship

Products: n/a. Risk band: Elevated   RobotRisk index 28.2/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 3 of 5 among Sidewalk delivery companies with incidents (17 tracked).

Analyst brief

The record holds two entries: a 2023 injury incident in which a sidewalk delivery robot knocked down and injured a parking attendant at Arizona State University (severity 3), and a 2019 shutdown in which units were pulled from the University of Pittsburgh over an accessibility and safety hazard (severity 2). The two events span different campuses and four years, with the trajectory moving from a lower-severity operational shutdown to a higher-severity injury event. Starship's index of 28.2 ranks 3 of 5 companies in Sidewalk delivery with incident history. Both entries are press-reported, campus-specific incidents rather than formal regulatory actions.

Risk index

28.2/100RobotRisk index
28.2/100Median index across the 5 Sidewalk delivery companies with incident history (17 tracked, 12 with none)
3 of 5Rank in Sidewalk delivery (of 5 with incident history)
ElevatedRisk band

Incident timeline

Comparisons over time

Per-type breakdown

Incident typeUnique incidentsShare
injury150%
shutdown150%

Unique incident list

2 unique incidents on file for this company.

SevDateTypeLocationIncidentSource
S3~2023 injury Tempe, AZ, USAStarship delivery robot knocks down and injures ASU parking attendant · 1 robot / 1 person injured KJZZ / Fox 10 Phoenix /
S2not documented shutdown Pittsburgh, PA, USAStarship robots pulled from University of Pittsburgh over accessibility/safety hazard · fleet at one campus TribLIVE / WESA / Pittsb
S3 ~2023 · injury · Starship delivery robot knocks down and injures ASU parking attendant
Tempe, AZ, USA1 supporting source rowhigh confidence
SevDateSupporting source rowSource
S3~2023Starship delivery robot knocks down and injures ASU parking attendantKJZZ / Fox 10 Phoenix /
S2 not documented · shutdown · Starship robots pulled from University of Pittsburgh over accessibility/safety hazard
Pittsburgh, PA, USA1 supporting source rowhigh confidence
SevDateSupporting source rowSource
S2not documentedStarship robots pulled from University of Pittsburgh over accessibility/safety hazardTribLIVE / WESA / Pittsb

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