Starship Technologies vs Avride
Starship Technologies: 8 incidents on record recorded between 2019 and 2024, 1 where a person was hurt. Every case links to the sources it rests on.
Avride: 4 incidents on record recorded between 2024 and 2026, 3 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
Starship Technologies has 8 cases on record against 4 for Avride. Starship Technologies's record begins earlier, in 2019, against 2024.
A person was hurt in 13% of Starship Technologies's cases and 75% of Avride's. The escalation share, the one number that does not depend on fleet size or press attention, is 13% for Starship Technologies and 0% for Avride: Starship Technologies's cases more often reached a regulator, a recall or a court.
Both records are mostly about delivery robots. The more recent case belongs to Avride, dated 2026-05-13.
Starship Technologies
- Cases on record8
- A person was hurt1
- Fatal0
- Reached a regulator, recall or court1
- Escalation share13%
- First case on file2019
- Latest case2024-02-01
Avride
- Cases on record4
- A person was hurt3
- Fatal0
- Reached a regulator, recall or court0
- Escalation share0%
- First case on file2024
- Latest case2026-05-13
Both records, newest first
Each case links to its timeline and to the sources it rests on.
- 2026-05-13An Uber Eats food delivery robot designed by Avride entered a crosswalk against a stop signal in Philadelphia and was struck by a truck, dislodging one of its wheels before the robot continued on.Report
- 2026-01-01A Avride Inc. autonomous vehicle (Hyundai Ioniq 5) was involved in a crash with passenger car in Dallas, TX, reported to NHTSA as minor w/ hospitalizationReport
- 2025-10-22An Uber Eats delivery robot developed by Avride allegedly cut off a cyclist in the bike lane on Varick Street in Jersey City, causing him to go airborne and sustain a concussion and broken clavicle.Report
- 2024-09-10An Avride delivery robot collided with a cyclist's e-bike at the intersection of Philomena Street and Berkman Drive in Austin, Texas, causing the cyclist serious personal injuries.Report
- 2024-02-01A Starship Technologies food delivery robot operated for S Group slid off an icy sidewalk in Helsinki, scratching both doors of a parked car, then fled the scene after a passerby placed it back on the road.Report
- 2024-01-17Two Starship delivery robots faced a stalemate on a Cambridge street corner, unable to pass each other.Report
- 2023-09-19A Starship delivery robot at Arizona State University abruptly changed direction, knocked over a university employee, and then reversed toward the victim while she was still on the ground, injuring her.Lawsuit
- 2023-09-16Co-op delivery robots in Cambridge became confused by fire hoses and fire engines blocking the road during a derelict building fire and had to be carried over the obstructions by Cambridgeshire firefighters.Report
- 2021-09-01A Starship Technologies autonomous delivery robot was struck by a Ford Escape at the University of Kentucky, damaging the robot's wheels, while it appeared to have the right of way.Report
- 2020-09-16A Starship food delivery robot was flipped over after being involved in an accident with a car at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, prompting students to hold a memorial vigil.Report
- 2020-07-28A Starship Technologies delivery robot veered into a canal near New Bradwell in Milton Keynes and had to be retrieved by the company.Report
- 2019-10-21A Starship Technologies food delivery robot waiting in a curb ramp on Forbes Avenue at Pitt's campus blocked the path of a wheelchair-using doctoral student, forcing her to alter her route to reach the sidewalk.Report
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