Waymo
Products: AV stack, Trucking. Risk band: Critical
RobotRisk index 96.8 /100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 2 of 15 among AV trucking companies with incidents (93 tracked).
Analyst brief Waymo's index of 96.8 ranks 2 of 15 companies in AV trucking with incident history. Entries cover the full severity range, including one fatality in Dallas, multiple injury and critical-injury crashes, three software recalls tied to construction zones and flooded roadways, and repeated incidents of vehicles striking or nearly striking pedestrians and children near schools. Coverage mixes regulator-driven actions, including NHTSA probes and recalls, with press-reported crashes and operational failures such as blocking an ambulance and entering active rail tracks. The monthly cadence of incidents, including severity-4 and severity-5 events as recently as August 2026, indicates a sustained pattern across a large operating fleet rather than an isolated event.
Risk index
96.8/100 RobotRisk index
32.1/100 Median index across the 15 AV trucking companies with incident history (93 tracked, 78 with none)
2 of 15 Rank in AV trucking (of 15 with incident history)
Critical Risk band
Incident timeline
Comparisons over time
Per-type breakdown
Unique incident list
44 unique incidents on file for this company.
S2 23 Aug 2026 · crash · Waymo robotaxi collides with minivan at California Costco CA, USA 1 supporting source row medium confidence
S5 ~Aug 2026 · fatality · Pedestrian killed by SUV thrown into stationary Waymo in Dallas Dallas, TX, USA 1 supporting source row medium confidence
S2 ~Aug 2026 · crash · Unoccupied Waymo struck in three-vehicle chain-reaction crash in Denver; police assign no fault to Waymo Denver, CO, USA 1 supporting source row high confidence
S4 27 Jul 2026 · injury · Woman critically injured in two-car crash involving Waymo vehicle in Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA, USA 1 supporting source row medium confidence
S1 04 Jul 2026 · malfunction · Waymo drives into live fireworks display, alarming passengers USA 1 supporting source row low confidence
S3 ~Jul 2026 · fire · Waymo robotaxi catches fire after rear-end crash in Atlanta Atlanta, GA, USA 1 supporting source row medium confidence
S3 18 Jun 2026 · recall · Waymo recalls 3,871 robotaxis over freeway construction-zone software defect Location not specified 1 supporting source row medium confidence
S3 ~Jun 2026 · recall · Waymo recalls ~4,000 robotaxis after vehicles entered closed freeway construction zones USA 1 supporting source row medium confidence
S3 11 May 2026 · crash · Waymo autonomous vehicle involved in rollover crash in Koreatown Los Angeles, CA, USA 1 supporting source row low confidence
S3 ~May 2026 · recall · Waymo recalls robotaxi software over risk of driving into flooded roads USA 1 supporting source row high confidence
S3 20 Apr 2026 · recall · Unoccupied Waymo Robotaxi Swept Into Waterway After Entering Flooded San Antonio Road San Antonio, TX, USA 1 supporting source row high confidence
S2 01 Mar 2026 · disruption · Waymo Robotaxis Block Ambulance During Austin Mass Shooting Response Austin, TX, USA 1 supporting source row high confidence
S2 27 Feb 2026 · crash · Waymo robotaxi crashes on first day of Charlotte operations Charlotte, NC, USA 1 supporting source row medium confidence
S3 23 Jan 2026 · regulatory · Waymo vehicle investigated after striking pedestrian and passing stopped school bus USA 1 supporting source row medium confidence
S3 23 Jan 2026 · injury · Waymo robotaxi strikes child near Santa Monica school Santa Monica, CA, USA 1 supporting source row high confidence
S2 ~Jan 2026 · malfunction · Waymo Robotaxi Enters Phoenix Light-Rail Tracks as Train Approaches Phoenix, AZ, USA 1 supporting source row medium confidence
S1 20 Dec 2025 · disruption · Waymo Robotaxis Contribute to Gridlock During San Francisco PG&E Power Outage San Francisco, CA, USA 1 supporting source row high confidence
S2 09 Dec 2025 · crash · Two Waymo robotaxis collide, trapping a third San Francisco, CA, USA 1 supporting source row medium confidence
S2 08 Dec 2025 · malfunction · Waymo Robotaxi Transports Undetected Man Trapped in Trunk in Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA, USA 1 supporting source row high confidence
S3 ~Dec 2025 · regulatory · Waymo Vehicles Reportedly Passed Stopped School Buses 19 Times, Prompting NHTSA Probe TX, USA 1 supporting source row high confidence
S1 ~Dec 2025 · injury · Waymo self-driving vehicle strikes dog in San Francisco San Francisco, CA, USA 1 supporting source row medium confidence
S3 08 Nov 2025 · recall · Waymo recalls 3,067 vehicles for illegally passing stopped school buses Location not specified 1 supporting source row high confidence
S1 27 Oct 2025 · crash · Neighborhood cat killed by driverless Waymo robotaxi San Francisco, CA, USA 1 supporting source row medium confidence
S2 27 Oct 2025 · malfunction · Waymo robotaxi perception blind spot led to killing of cat 'Kit Kat' San Francisco, CA, USA 1 supporting source row medium confidence
S3 17 Oct 2025 · regulatory · NHTSA investigates Waymo robotaxis for failing to stop for school buses USA 1 supporting source row high confidence
S2 ~Oct 2025 · crash · Waymo vehicle collides with cyclist near Atlanta Beltline Atlanta, GA, USA 1 supporting source row medium confidence
S5 14 Sep 2025 · fatality · Waymo robotaxi involved in motorcyclist fatality, reportedly not at fault USA 1 supporting source row medium confidence
S3 ~May 2025 · recall · Waymo recalls 1,212 robotaxis over collisions with gates and chains Location not specified 1 supporting source row high confidence
S4 16 Feb 2025 · injury · Waymo robotaxi passenger-door opening severely injures cyclist, lawsuit claims San Francisco, CA, USA 1 supporting source row medium confidence
S5 20 Jan 2025 · crash · While Waymo not blamed in multi-car wreck, it's the first fatal collision involving a driverless car San Francisco, CA, USA 1 supporting source row high confidence
S1 ~Sep 2024 · disruption · Waymo Robotaxi Stalls While Passenger Is Harassed in San Francisco San Francisco, CA, USA 1 supporting source row high confidence
S2 ~Sep 2024 · malfunction · Waymo Driverless Taxi Stalled During Pedestrian Harassment Incident in San Francisco San Francisco, CA, USA 1 supporting source row high confidence
S1 13 Aug 2024 · disruption · Waymo robotaxis honk at each other overnight in SF lot San Francisco, CA, USA 1 supporting source row high confidence
S3 21 May 2024 · recall · Waymo recalls robotaxis after collision with utility pole Phoenix, AZ, USA 1 supporting source row high confidence
S2 13 May 2024 · crash · Waymo vehicle involved in crash on 10 Freeway West Los Angeles, CA, USA 1 supporting source row medium confidence
S2 10 Feb 2024 · fire · Waymo robotaxi set on fire by mob in San Francisco Chinatown San Francisco, CA, USA 1 supporting source row high confidence
S2 06 Feb 2024 · injury · Waymo robotaxi collides with cyclist in San Francisco's Potrero Hill San Francisco, CA, USA 1 supporting source row high confidence
S1 03 Feb 2024 · malfunction · Passengers Feel Trapped in Waymo After Sensor-Blocking Incident San Francisco, CA, USA 1 supporting source row medium confidence
S3 ~Feb 2024 · recall · Waymo recalls 444 vehicles over towed-vehicle detection issue Location not specified 1 supporting source row high confidence
S3 11 Dec 2023 · malfunction · Two Waymo robotaxis crash into the same truck within minutes, prompting recall Phoenix, AZ, USA 1 supporting source row medium confidence
S2 not documented · crash · Waymo robotaxi involved in another collision in Austin Austin, TX, USA 1 supporting source row medium confidence
S1 not documented · malfunction · Father says Waymo vehicle nearly hit toddler who fell in crosswalk San Francisco, CA, USA 1 supporting source row low confidence
S3 not documented · injury · Two Waymo Robotaxis Allegedly Contributed to Bike-Lane Collision That Injured San Francisco Cyclist San Francisco, CA, USA 1 supporting source row high confidence
S1 not documented · malfunction · Waymo driverless cars nearly strike San Francisco school crossing guards San Francisco, CA, USA 1 supporting source row medium confidence
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RobotRisk is a public-record compilation of robot and autonomous-system incidents. Scores sum each company's documented incidents weighted by severity and source confidence with a 3-year-half-life time decay (divided by exposure where a fleet-size figure is on file; none is today), log-scaled 0-100 against the global maximum. Sources: regulator records (NHTSA, FDA, OSHA, NTSB, CPSC, CISA) and cited press. Compiled 2026-09-16. Zero-incident listings mean no documented public incident was found, not proof of safety. Intake status: Google Alerts intake is not configured for this build: manual refresh only. Privacy · Terms