Cruise vs Zoox
Cruise: 8 incidents on record recorded between 2022 and 2024, 5 where a person was hurt, 1 of them fatal. Every case links to the sources it rests on.
Zoox: 9 incidents on record recorded between 2024 and 2026, 6 where a person was hurt. Every case links to the sources it rests on.
Counts are events documented in the press the register reads that cleared verification, not a safety rating: fleet sizes are not public, and a widely covered company accumulates more cases than a smaller one with the same incident. The escalation share is the one number that normalises itself. Formula on the methodology page.
Reading the numbers
Zoox has 9 cases on record against 8 for Cruise. Cruise's record begins earlier, in 2022, against 2024.
A person was hurt in 63% of Cruise's cases and 67% of Zoox's (1 and 0 fatal). The escalation share, the one number that does not depend on fleet size or press attention, is 63% for Cruise and 44% for Zoox: Cruise's cases more often reached a regulator, a recall or a court.
Both records are mostly about autonomous vehicles. The more recent case belongs to Zoox, dated 2026-09-25.
Both records, newest first
Each case links to its timeline and to the sources it rests on.
- 2026-09-25A Zoox robotaxi collided with a silver Nissan Murano on Las Vegas Boulevard near Four Seasons Drive on September 25, 2026, sending the Murano driver to a hospital with minor upper-body injuries.Report
- 2026-06-20Zoox recalled software on all 105 robotaxis after one vehicle drove into an active fire scene obscured by heavy smoke in Las Vegas on June 20, 2026.Recall
- 2026-06-01A Zoox autonomous vehicle (Zoox Zoox) was involved in a crash with pickup truck in Las Vegas, NV, reported to NHTSA as minor w/ hospitalizationReport
- 2025-08-26Zoox issued a voluntary software recall affecting 332 vehicles after its autonomous driving system caused robotaxis to cross center lane lines or block crosswalks near intersections, with 62 such instances recorded between August 26 and December 5, 2025, and no collisions reported.Recall
- 2025-07-01A Zoox autonomous vehicle (Toyota Highlander) was involved in a crash with passenger car in Spring Valley, NV, reported to NHTSA as minor w/ hospitalizationReport
- 2025-05-08An unoccupied Zoox robotaxi was struck by an electric scooter at a San Francisco intersection after braking to yield, causing the rider to fall; the robotaxi continued moving and completed a turn before stopping without making further contact with the rider, who sustained minor injuries.Recall
- 2025-05-06Zoox issues software recall for 270 robotaxis following a collision in Las VegasRecall
- 2025-03-19Zoox issued a voluntary software recall for 258 vehicles equipped with autonomous driving software released before November 5, 2024, following two incidents in which motorcyclists collided with the rear of Zoox-equipped Toyota Highlanders that were operating with their autonomous systems engaged.Report
- 2024-08-22GM's Cruise recalls nearly 1,200 robotaxis to close a US government probe stemming from a crash.Recall
- 2024-05-13A Zoox autonomous test vehicle equipped with Amazon's automated driving system stopped suddenly in San Francisco and was rear-ended by a motorcyclist who suffered minor injuries to their hands, prompting an NHTSA investigation opened on May 10, 2024.Investigation
- 2023-10-02A Cruise robotaxi ran over a pedestrian who had been pushed into its path by a hit-and-run vehicle and pinned the person beneath its tire in San Francisco, leading to California regulators revoking Cruise's robotaxi permits.Criminal charge
- 2023-08-17A Cruise self-driving robotaxi was struck by a San Francisco Fire Department truck en route to an emergency at the intersection of Polk and Turk Streets in the Tenderloin district, resulting in one passenger being transported to a hospital with non-severe injuries.Regulator action
- 2023-08-14Two Cruise autonomous vehicles stopped in traffic lanes on August 14, 2023 in San Francisco, allegedly delaying an ambulance transporting a pedestrian with life-threatening injuries who later died at the hospital, though Cruise disputes that its vehicles impeded the ambulance.Report
- 2023-08-07A driverless Cruise autonomous vehicle was struck by a semi-truck performing a left turn from the right lane near Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, sustaining damage to its passenger-side mirror, a camera, and a tire, with no passengers in the vehicle and no injuries reported.Report
- 2023-06-15An unmanned Cruise autonomous vehicle struck a woman's off-leash Labrador in a crosswalk at Clay and Baker streets in San Francisco; the dog was reported uninjured.Report
- 2023-03-24A driverless Cruise robotaxi with no passengers rear-ended a San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Muni bus, causing modest damage to the bus and more severe damage to the robotaxi's front bumper, with no injuries reported.Recall
- 2022-06-03A Cruise driverless robotaxi braked harshly while making an unprotected left turn and was struck by an oncoming speeding vehicle in San Francisco, resulting in minor injuries.Recall
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