What the operators report themselves
Every company running driving automation on public roads has to file a report with the federal regulator for each crash. The filings are public and they are a spreadsheet of 116 columns, which is why almost nobody reads them. This is that file, in a form you can ask questions of.
- Reports
- 1551
- Hospitalisation or worse
- 54
- Operators
- 19
- Covering
- 2025-04 to 2026-09
What the operators actually wrote
The file has one structured column for what was hit. Everything else worth knowing sits in prose the operator composed. These counts come from reading all 1551 narratives; each opens the exact reports it counted, so the number can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- 144Emergency responders on scene
The report mentions an ambulance, a fire truck, police or a siren. 9% of all filings, most of them Zoox, Inc..
- 140Stopped or blocking traffic
The vehicle was stationary where it should not have been, or in the way. 9% of all filings, most of them Waymo LLC.
- 65A pedestrian involved
Somebody on foot appears in the operator's account. 4% of all filings, most of them Waymo LLC.
- 46A cyclist or scooter rider
Road users with no bodywork around them. 3% of all filings, most of them Waymo LLC.
- 42Rear-ended by another vehicle
Someone drove into the back of the automated vehicle. 3% of all filings, most of them Zoox, Inc..
- 24Roadworks, cones or a closure
The road was not in its usual state. 2% of all filings, most of them Waymo LLC.
Ask the narratives
Each report carries a narrative written by the operator. Search them for the thing you actually want to know: an emergency vehicle, a school, a crosswalk, a wrong-way manoeuvre.
Where the reports come from
Automation is deployed city by city, and so is its record. These are the places with the most filings on file.
- San Francisco, CA39612 serious
- Los Angeles, CA2609 serious
- Austin, TX1993 serious
- Phoenix, AZ1132 serious
- Atlanta, GA799 serious
- Dallas, TX753 serious
- Tempe, AZ482 serious
- Las Vegas, NV432 serious
- Miami, FL28
- Scottsdale, AZ283 serious
- Houston, TX241 serious
- Santa Monica, CA201 serious
- Inglewood, CA142 serious
- Mountain View, CA13
- Culver City, CA11
- Orlando, FL11
- Beverly Hills, CA11
- Nashville, TN10
- West Hollywood, CA10
- Palo Alto, CA91 serious
- Mesa, AZ9
- South San Francisco, CA9
- Redwood City, CA8
- San Mateo, CA7
The federal file covers the United States only. The register's own cases, from the press in ten languages and from regulators on both sides of the Atlantic, come from 22 countries; 33 cases name no country in their location.
- United States165107 with harm
- China197 with harm
- United Kingdom93 with harm
- South Korea42 with harm
- European Union3
- Australia22 with harm
- Canada21 with harm
- Germany22 with harm
- India22 with harm
- Japan2
- Russia21 with harm
- Austria1
- Finland1
- Greece11 with harm
- Hong Kong1
- Ireland11 with harm
- New Zealand11 with harm
- Saudi Arabia11 with harm
- Singapore1
- Switzerland1
- Taiwan1
- Thailand11 with harm
A report is not a verdict
A filing records that a crash happened and who was involved. It does not establish fault, and most of these are low-speed contact with no one hurt. Only the ones reaching hospitalisation enter the register as cases.
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