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
- 1437
- Hospitalisation or worse
- 51
- Operators
- 17
- Covering
- 2025-04 to 2026-08
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 1437 narratives; each opens the exact reports it counted, so the number can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- 128Emergency responders on scene
The report mentions an ambulance, a fire truck, police or a siren. 9% of all filings, most of them Waymo LLC.
- 124Stopped 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.
- 59A pedestrian involved
Somebody on foot appears in the operator's account. 4% of all filings, most of them Waymo LLC.
- 41A cyclist or scooter rider
Road users with no bodywork around them. 3% of all filings, most of them Waymo LLC.
- 36Rear-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, CA37812 serious
- Los Angeles, CA2479 serious
- Austin, TX1893 serious
- Phoenix, AZ1092 serious
- Atlanta, GA738 serious
- Dallas, TX662 serious
- Tempe, AZ432 serious
- Las Vegas, NV342 serious
- Scottsdale, AZ273 serious
- Miami, FL22
- Houston, TX19
- Santa Monica, CA191 serious
- Inglewood, CA132 serious
- Mountain View, CA11
- Beverly Hills, CA10
- Culver City, CA10
- West Hollywood, CA10
- Nashville, TN9
- South San Francisco, CA9
- Palo Alto, CA91 serious
- Mesa, AZ9
- Orlando, FL9
- Daly City, CA7
- Redwood City, CA7
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.