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AI-Powered 'Smart Tram' Brake Failure Injures Pedestrians in Saint Petersburg
S4 · 14 Apr 2024 · Uraltransmash · Saint Petersburg, Russia
Record
| Company | Uraltransmash |
| Industry | Other |
| Product | not attributed to a specific product |
| Robot type | Automation operator |
| Type(s) | crash |
| Date | 14 Apr 2024 (day precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Severity | (serious injury, total loss, or grounding) |
| Scale | not documented |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verified flag | Yes - independently re-checked against the cited source |
Summary
During a test run of a retrofitted AI-powered 'Smart Tram' in Saint Petersburg, both primary and emergency brakes reportedly failed after the AI system shut off unexpectedly; the tram plowed into a crowd, injuring several pedestrians and trapping a woman under its wheels.
Primary source
Publisher: The Sun (Ireland edition) · Retrieved: 2026-10-30
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr 2024 | AI-Powered 'Smart Tram' Brake Failure Injures Pedestrians in Saint Petersburg | The Sun (Ireland edition) | The Sun |
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