Delivery robot incidents in 2025
The Machine Record lists 4 verified incidents involving sidewalk and road delivery robots dated 2025: 4 where a person was hurt, 0 that reached a regulator, recall, fine, lawsuit or settlement. Counted on 2026-10-03; every case links to its sources.
- Cases
- 4
- Someone hurt
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Escalated
- 0
- Period
- 2025-09 to 2025-12
By month
- January 0
- February 0
- March 0
- April 0
- May 0
- June 0
- July 0
- August 0
- September████████████ 2
- October██████ 1
- November 0
- December██████ 1
By outcome
- minor injury3
- serious injury1
By type of event
- collision3
- lawsuit1
By company
Counts measure what was reported in English and cleared verification, not how many events took place. Fleet sizes are not public, so none of this is a rate. Rules are on the methodology page; the numbers are CC BY 4.0, cite this page. CSV, JSON and an API are on the data page.
Cases
The 4 cases behind the number
Newest first. Each one links to its timeline and to the sources it rests on.
- 2025-12-09A delivery robot rammed into the back of a pedestrian's leg in Lincoln Park, Chicago, prompting a petition calling for a pause on robot deliveries citing collisions with people, pets, and bicyclists.Report
- 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
- 2025-09-13A Serve Robotics delivery robot collided with a man with cerebral palsy riding a mobility scooter on a sidewalk near the West Hollywood Sheriff's Station, causing his scooter to jolt backward.Follow-up
- 2025-09-01A Serve Robotics sidewalk delivery robot repeatedly blocked and then collided with Mark Chaney-Gay's mobility scooter near the West Hollywood Sheriff's Station on Santa Monica Boulevard last September (referenced as a prior viral incident in an article published March 2026).Report
Questions
What people ask about these numbers
- How many sidewalk and road delivery robots incidents were there in 2025?
- The Machine Record lists 4 verified incidents involving sidewalk and road delivery robots dated 2025: 4 where a person was hurt, 0 that reached a regulator, recall, fine, lawsuit or settlement. Counted on 2026-10-03; every case links to its sources.
- What counts as an incident here?
- A case enters the register only when two independent published sources or one regulator record (NHTSA, CPSC, OSHA, EU Safety Gate) describe the same event with a date and an outcome. Demonstrations that went wrong, recalls, investigations, injuries and deaths all count; marketing and speculation do not.
- Is this every incident that happened?
- No. It is every incident reported in English that cleared verification. Fleet sizes are not public, so none of these numbers is a rate, and a company with more cases is often a company with more vehicles on the road and more press coverage.
- Can I reuse these numbers?
- Yes. Case metadata is CC BY 4.0: cite The Machine Record with a link. CSV and JSON exports and an API are on the data page.
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