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Every combination of industry, incident type, company, location, year and severity that has at least 11 documented incidents, as a standalone page with charts, sources and its own alert. Use the incident log for ad-hoc filters.

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Severity

S3 and above incidents 278S4 and above incidents 133S5 fatal or catastrophic incidents 58

Year

2025 incidents 1172026 incidents 952024 incidents 772023 incidents 352021 incidents 192022 incidents 182019 incidents 16

Company × Location

Waymo · San Francisco, CA, USA incidents 16

Company × Severity

Tesla · S3 and above incidents 28Waymo · S3 and above incidents 21Tesla · S4 and above incidents 16Tesla · S5 fatal or catastrophic incidents 12Cruise · S3 and above incidents 11

Company × Year

Waymo · 2026 incidents 17Waymo · 2025 incidents 16Tesla · 2025 incidents 14

Industry × Company

Autonomous vehicles and trucking · Waymo incidents 44Autonomous vehicles and trucking · Tesla incidents 41Autonomous vehicles and trucking · Zoox incidents 16Autonomous vehicles and trucking · Cruise incidents 13

Industry × Location

Autonomous vehicles and trucking · San Francisco, CA, USA incidents 25Autonomous vehicles and trucking · USA incidents 20Autonomous vehicles and trucking · Austin, TX, USA incidents 11

Industry × Severity

Autonomous vehicles and trucking · S3 and above incidents 86Medical robotics · S3 and above incidents 42Autonomous vehicles and trucking · S4 and above incidents 38Other · S3 and above incidents 36Drones / eVTOL · S3 and above incidents 34Other · S4 and above incidents 27Autonomous vehicles and trucking · S5 fatal or catastrophic incidents 22Drones / eVTOL · S4 and above incidents 17Other · S5 fatal or catastrophic incidents 17Warehouse automation · S3 and above incidents 14Energy storage · S3 and above incidents 13Space robotics · S3 and above incidents 13Consumer robotics · S3 and above incidents 11Space robotics · S4 and above incidents 11

Industry × Type

Autonomous vehicles and trucking · crash incidents 40Medical robotics · recall incidents 36Autonomous vehicles and trucking · malfunction incidents 20Autonomous vehicles and trucking · fatality incidents 19Autonomous vehicles and trucking · recall incidents 19Autonomous vehicles and trucking · regulatory incidents 18Drones / eVTOL · crash incidents 17Autonomous vehicles and trucking · injury incidents 16Other · fatality incidents 12Other · crash incidents 11Other · malfunction incidents 11

Industry × Year

Autonomous vehicles and trucking · 2025 incidents 47Autonomous vehicles and trucking · 2026 incidents 37Autonomous vehicles and trucking · 2024 incidents 34Other · 2025 incidents 19Autonomous vehicles and trucking · 2023 incidents 15Drones / eVTOL · 2025 incidents 12Drones / eVTOL · 2026 incidents 12Other · 2026 incidents 12

Location × Severity

USA · S3 and above incidents 22

Location × Year

USA · 2025 incidents 11

Type × Company

crash · Tesla incidents 13fatality · Tesla incidents 11

Type × Severity

recall · S3 and above incidents 69fatality · S3 and above incidents 46fatality · S4 and above incidents 46fatality · S5 fatal or catastrophic incidents 45regulatory · S3 and above incidents 40crash · S3 and above incidents 33injury · S3 and above incidents 26malfunction · S3 and above incidents 23crash · S4 and above incidents 22fire · S3 and above incidents 19injury · S4 and above incidents 18mission-loss · S3 and above incidents 13mission-loss · S4 and above incidents 13regulatory · S4 and above incidents 12

Type × Year

crash · 2025 incidents 32malfunction · 2025 incidents 22crash · 2026 incidents 20malfunction · 2026 incidents 19crash · 2024 incidents 14recall · 2025 incidents 14injury · 2025 incidents 13recall · 2026 incidents 13fatality · 2024 incidents 11malfunction · 2024 incidents 11recall · 2024 incidents 11

Year × Severity

2025 · S3 and above incidents 732024 · S3 and above incidents 502026 · S3 and above incidents 472025 · S4 and above incidents 372023 · S3 and above incidents 292024 · S4 and above incidents 282026 · S4 and above incidents 202025 · S5 fatal or catastrophic incidents 162019 · S3 and above incidents 132021 · S3 and above incidents 122023 · S4 and above incidents 122024 · S5 fatal or catastrophic incidents 122022 · S3 and above incidents 11
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