An unoccupied Waymo robotaxi stopped at a traffic light was rear-ended in a multi-vehicle collision at Sixth and a person in San Francisco, killing one person and injuring seven others.
- Date of incident
- 2025-01-19
- Location
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Sources
- 2
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- 2025-01-19Report
An unoccupied Waymo robotaxi stopped at a traffic light was rear-ended in a multi-vehicle collision at Sixth and a person in San Francisco, killing one person and injuring seven others.
nbcbayarea.com - 2025-01-20Report
An unoccupied, autonomously operating Waymo robotaxi was struck from behind at 6th and a person in San Francisco when a speeding vehicle collided into a line of stopped cars, killing a passenger in one of the other vehicles and a dog, and injuring several others; the Waymo vehicle was not blamed for the crash.
nbcbayarea.com
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- nbcbayarea.comAn unoccupied Waymo robotaxi stopped at a traffic light was rear-ended in a multi-vehicle collision at Sixth and a person in San Francisco, killing one person and injuring seven others.2025-01-19copy 2026-09-14tier 2
- nbcbayarea.comAn unoccupied, autonomously operating Waymo robotaxi was struck from behind at 6th and a person in San Francisco when a speeding vehicle collided into a line of stopped cars, killing a passenger in one of the other vehicles and a dog, and injuring several others; the Waymo vehicle was not blamed for the crash.2025-01-20copy 2026-09-06tier 2
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