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Reported to NHTSA

Houston, TX

Operators running driving automation here have filed 13 crash reports with the federal regulator. None of them record an injury reaching hospitalisation.

By operator

  • Waymo LLC10
  • Nuro2
  • Tesla, Inc.1

By outcome

  • Property Damage. No Injured Reported13

Crash with

  • Passenger Car4
  • Heavy Truck2
  • Pickup Truck2
  • SUV2
  • Other Fixed Object1
  • Other, see Narrative1
  • Pole / Tree1
Filings

The reports themselves

Narratives are written by the operator. Personal detail is removed by NHTSA before publication, which is why names appear as [XXX].

30270-15248Waymo LLC2026-05Property Damage. No Injured Reportedwith other, see narrative

On May [XXX], 2026 at 8:49 PM CT a Waymo Autonomous Vehicle ("Waymo AV") operating in Houston, Texas was in a collision involving the pavement at the entrance to a parking lot at [XXX]. The Waymo AV was traveling westbound on [XXX] and turning left, at a low rate of speed, into the entrance to a parking lot at [XXX]. As the Waymo AV was completing the left turn, the undercarriage of the Waymo AV made contact with th

30270-15013Waymo LLC2026-05Property Damage. No Injured Reportedwith passenger car

On May [XXX], 2026 at 10:30 AM CT a Waymo Autonomous Vehicle ("Waymo AV") operating in Houston, Texas was in a collision involving a passenger car on [XXX] at [XXX]. The Waymo AV was stopped facing west on [XXX] for a stop sign at the intersection with [XXX] with its left turn signal activated in preparation for a left turn onto southbound [XXX]. The Waymo AV proceeded forward into the intersection at a low rate of

30270-14979Waymo LLC2026-05Property Damage. No Injured Reportedwith passenger car

On May [XXX], 2026 at 3:16 PM CT a Waymo Autonomous Vehicle ("Waymo AV") operating in Houston, Texas was in a collision involving a passenger car on [XXX] at [XXX]. The Waymo AV was traveling northwestbound in the second from the right lane on [XXX] in autonomous mode and approaching a green light at the intersection with [XXX]. As the Waymo AV entered the intersection, a passenger car traveling southwestbound on [X

13781-15395Tesla, Inc.2026-05Property Damage. No Injured Reportedwith pole / tree

Summary: The Tesla ADS was stopped on a dead end residential road. While the ADS was being supported remotely out of the dead end road, the vehicle entered a grassy slope. As the remote assistance operator continued to recover the vehicle, they made contact with a hidden tree stump. The ADS did not have any passenger present in the vehicle

30270-14585Waymo LLC2026-04Property Damage. No Injured Reportedwith pickup truck

On April [XXX], 2026 at 12:20 PM CT a Waymo Autonomous Vehicle ("Waymo AV") operating in Houston, Texas was in a collision involving a pickup truck with a flatbed trailer on [XXX] near [XXX]. The Waymo AV was parked facing northeast in the left lane on [XXX] with its hazard lights activated. While the Waymo AV was parked, a pickup truck with a flatbed trailer traveling northeast in the left lane on [XXX] changed lan

30270-14940Waymo LLC2026-04Property Damage. No Injured Reportedwith heavy truck

On April [XXX], 2026 at 3:55 PM CT a Waymo Autonomous Vehicle ("Waymo AV") operating in Houston, Texas was in a collision involving a heavy truck on [XXX] at [XXX]. The Waymo AV was stopped facing north on [XXX] with its right turn signal activated in a queue of traffic for a stop sign at the intersection with [XXX]. While the Waymo AV was stopped, a heavy truck that was stopped directly in front of the Waymo AV act

30270-14457Waymo LLC2026-03Property Damage. No Injured Reportedwith heavy truck

On March [XXX], 2026 at 5:36 PM CT a Waymo Autonomous Vehicle ("Waymo AV") operating in Houston, Texas was in a collision involving a heavy truck on [XXX] near the Interstate [XXX] interchange exit. The Waymo AV was traveling northeastbound in the second from the right lane on [XXX] when the Waymo AV began to slow, activated its left turn signal, and initiated a lane change to the adjacent left lane in front of a he

30270-14454Waymo LLC2026-03Property Damage. No Injured Reportedwith pickup truck

On March [XXX], 2026 at 8:31 PM CT a Waymo Autonomous Vehicle ("Waymo AV") operating in Houston, Texas was in a collision involving a pickup truck on [XXX] near [XXX]. The Waymo AV was traveling southbound in the second from the right lane on [XXX]. As the Waymo AV approached a queue of traffic for a red light at the intersection with [XXX], the Waymo AV began to slow, activated its left turn signal, and maneuvered

30270-14119Waymo LLC2026-02Property Damage. No Injured Reportedwith suv

On February [XXX], 2026 at 10:35 PM CT a Waymo Autonomous Vehicle ("Waymo AV") operating in Houston, Texas was in a collision involving an SUV on [XXX] near [XXX]. The Waymo AV was traveling eastbound in the rightmost lane on [XXX] when an SUV traveling eastbound in the leftmost lane changed lanes to the right across two lanes and entered the second from the right lane, in front of and to the left of the Waymo AV. T

30291-13950Nuro2026-01Property Damage. No Injured Reportedwith suv

Prior to disengaging autonomy, the Nuro vehicle came to a complete at a stop sign at an unprotected crossing of a one-way road with four lanes. The traffic in the cross street was stopped or inching forward slowly due to heavy traffic, leaving the intersection partially blocked by gridlock. The operator disengaged autonomy and and proceeded to drive manually through the partially blocked crossing. While the operat

30270-13881Waymo LLC2026-01Property Damage. No Injured Reportedwith passenger car

On January [XXX], 2026 at 10:18 PM CT a Waymo Autonomous Vehicle ("Waymo AV") operating in Houston, Texas was in a collision involving a passenger car on [XXX] at [XXX]. The Waymo AV was traveling westbound on [XXX] when it began to slow for a yellow light at the intersection with [XXX]. As the light turned red and the Waymo AV continued slowing, a passenger car traveling westbound on [XXX] approached the Waymo AV f

30270-11499Waymo LLC2025-08Property Damage. No Injured Reportedwith other fixed object

On August [XXX], 2025 at 11:16 AM CT a Waymo Autonomous Vehicle ("Waymo AV") operating in Houston, Texas was in a collision involving a roadside curb on [XXX] at [XXX]. The Waymo AV was traveling westbound on [XXX] when a passenger car that was traveling northbound on [XXX] made a left turn onto westbound [XXX] into the Waymo AV's lane of travel. As the passenger car approached the left of the Waymo AV, the test d

30291-11595Nuro2025-08Property Damage. No Injured Reportedwith passenger car

On August [XXX], 2025, one of Nuro's Prius vehicles operating in manual mode in the Houston area was struck from behind while yielding to cross-traffic at an intersection. The vehicle had been operating in autonomous mode within 30 seconds prior to the incident, but the operator had disengaged autonomy several seconds prior to reaching the intersection. No injuries resulted from this incident, although there was mi

A filing records that a crash happened and who was involved. It does not establish fault. Reports are amended as an operator learns more, and the register keeps the latest version. How this is verified.