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Autonomous vehicles and trucking · 2023 incidents

15 documented incidents where industry is Autonomous vehicles and trucking and year is 2023, across 4 companies, 2023. Every row cites its source; severity runs S1 (near miss) to S5 (fatal or catastrophic). Entity pages: Autonomous vehicles and trucking · 2023.

15Unique incidents
4Companies involved
S5Highest severity
60%Verified
7%From regulators
2023Years covered

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Incident list

SevDateCompanyTypeLocationIncidentSource
S313 Dec 2023Tesla recall —NHTSA recall of over 2 million Tesla vehicles for inadequate Autopilot driver monitoring · over 2,000,000 vehicles Wikipedia
S311 Dec 2023Waymo malfunction Phoenix, AZ, USATwo Waymo robotaxis crash into the same truck within minutes, prompting recall STERN.de
S308 Nov 2023Cruise recall —Cruise recalls 950 robotaxis via software update after pedestrian dragging · 950 vehicles The Verge
S5~Nov 2023Tesla fatality AZ, USATesla on Full Self-Driving kills pedestrian on Arizona interstate Carscoops
S424 Oct 2023Cruise regulatory CA, USACalifornia DMV suspends Cruise driverless permit statewide · entire California fleet grounded CNBC
S402 Oct 2023Cruise injury San Francisco, CA, USACruise robotaxi drags pedestrian after being struck by another car Berliner Morgenpost
S402 Oct 2023Cruise injury San Francisco, CA, USACruise robotaxi drags pedestrian 20 feet after hit-and-run in San Francisco · 1 pedestrian, serious injury San Francisco Chronicle
S1~Oct 2023Kodiak crash Fort Worth, TX, USAThree minor manual-mode contact incidents reported to NHTSA · 3 events, fleet reporting Trucking Dive
S3~Oct 2023Cruise regulatory San Francisco, CA, USACruise fined $112,500 for delaying report on San Francisco robotaxi dragging incident that severely injured woman ABC7 Bay Area
S4~Oct 2023Cruise shutdown —Cruise halts driverless operations nationwide · fleet-wide WSJ/CNBC
S2~Aug 2023Cruise crash San Francisco, CA, USASan Francisco firetruck collides with responding Cruise vehicle · 1 vehicle collision Wikipedia
S422 Jul 2023Tesla injury Fremont, CA, USAFormer factory worker sues Tesla after robotic arm knocks him unconscious Manufacturing Dive
S322 Jul 2023Tesla injury Fremont, CA, USAOptimus robot allegedly pins and injures Fremont plant worker · 1 unit / 1 worker injured CBS8
S518 Feb 2023Tesla fatality CA, USACalifornia family blames Musk for son's death in Tesla Autopilot crash The Independent
S316 Feb 2023Tesla recall —NHTSA forces recall of 362,758 Full Self-Driving Beta vehicles · 362,758 vehicles PBS NewsHour

Companies involved

Cruise 7Tesla 6Waymo 1Kodiak 1

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