Vertical Aerospace
Products: evtol, air-taxi. Risk band: Elevated RobotRisk index 32.5/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 7 of 19 among Drones / eVTOL companies with incidents (177 tracked).
Analyst brief
The record consists of one entry: the VX4 prototype eVTOL aircraft crashed during an uncrewed flight test in August 2023, coded at severity 4, the highest severity level in this dataset. The uncrewed designation limits the event to a hardware-loss classification rather than a casualty incident. Vertical Aerospace's index of 32.5 ranks 7 of 19 companies in Drones / eVTOL with incident history. The record is a single press-reported flight-test event, not a pattern of recurring failures.
Risk index
Incident timeline
Comparisons over time
Per-type breakdown
| Incident type | Unique incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| crash | 1 | 100% |
Unique incident list
1 unique incident on file for this company.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S4 | 09 Aug 2023 | crash | Kemble Airfield, Gloucestershire, UK | Vertical Aerospace VX4 prototype crashes during uncrewed flight test | AeroTime / FlightGlobal |
S4 09 Aug 2023 · crash · Vertical Aerospace VX4 prototype crashes during uncrewed flight test
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S4 | 09 Aug 2023 | Vertical Aerospace VX4 prototype crashes during uncrewed flight test | AeroTime / FlightGlobal |
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