Delivery robot incidents in 2026
The Machine Record lists 12 verified incidents involving sidewalk and road delivery robots dated 2026: 0 where a person was hurt, 1 that reached a regulator, recall, fine, lawsuit or settlement. Counted on 2026-10-03; every case links to its sources.
- Cases
- 12
- Someone hurt
- 0
- Fatal
- 0
- Escalated
- 1
- Period
- 2026-01 to 2026-07
By month
- January█████████ 3
- February███ 1
- March████████████ 4
- April███ 1
- May███ 1
- June███ 1
- July███ 1
- August 0
- September 0
- October 0
By outcome
- property damage9
- no harm3
By type of event
- collision7
- other3
- malfunction2
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 12 cases behind the number
Newest first. Each one links to its timeline and to the sources it rests on.
- 2026-07-25A DoorDash delivery robot wandered into an active SWAT operation and refused to leaveFollow-up
- 2026-06-11A Daxbot sidewalk robot being directed through a crosswalk by a human operator was struck and damaged by a truck making a right turn at the intersection of West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and North Palace Avenue in Tyler, Texas.Report
- 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
- 2026-04-18A video compilation shows multiple delivery robot incidents, including a Coco Robotics bot struck by a train, a Starship Technologies robot disrupting a marching band in Tennessee, a Coco bot dragged by a car in Los Angeles, another Coco bot falling down stairs, and a Serve Robotics bot left with a damaged tire after a collision.Report
- 2026-03-31Uber Eats delivery robots were vandalised in a Sheffield suburbReport
- 2026-03-31A system malfunction caused multiple Baidu Apollo Go driverless robotaxis to stall in the middle of roads in Wuhan, leaving passengers stranded for hours, with police confirming the incident after receiving numerous calls on Tuesday night.Follow-up
- 2026-03-23A Serve Robotics food delivery robot crashed into and shattered the glass of a CTA bus shelter at Grand and Racine in Chicago's West Town neighborhood, with no injuries reported.Follow-up
- 2026-03-02A Waymo driverless vehicle blocked a road for more than a minute near an active mass shooting scene in Austin, causing an ambulance to turn around, though Austin-Travis County EMS said it did not believe the obstruction had an impact on patient outcomes.Regulator action
- 2026-02-20A Coco food delivery robot uprooted a garden, became entangled in a fence, and dragged the fencing down the street in East Hollywood, Los Angeles, causing property damage to a resident's yard.Report
- 2026-01-23An LAFD ambulance transporting a patient collided with a food delivery robot at Western and Fountain avenues in Hollywood on January 23, 2026.Report
- 2026-01-23An ambulance transporting a patient to a hospital collided with an automated food delivery cart at the intersection of Western and Fountain avenues in Hollywood, causing no additional injuries but requiring the patient to be transferred to a second ambulance.Follow-up
- 2026-01-15An Uber Eats delivery robot became stuck on railroad tracks in Miami and was struck and destroyed by an oncoming train on January 15, 2026, with no injuries reported.Follow-up
Questions
What people ask about these numbers
- How many sidewalk and road delivery robots incidents were there in 2026?
- The Machine Record lists 12 verified incidents involving sidewalk and road delivery robots dated 2026: 0 where a person was hurt, 1 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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