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Zoox (Amazon)

Products: automation-operator. Risk band: Elevated   RobotRisk index 30.9/100 (incidents/exposure, time-weighted) · 92th percentile of 62 other companies.

Analyst brief

Five entries dated 2024 to 2026 document three recalls and two crash entries, overlapping in substance with incidents recorded separately under the Zoox entity in this register (smoke-scene entry, door collision, lane-crossing recall, motorcycle crashes). Dominant failure modes are perception-related detection failures and low-speed collisions, with severity concentrated at 2-3 and no fatalities. The record mixes regulator-driven recalls (three of five entries) with press-reported crash coverage, indicating repeated software-related interventions rather than a single anomaly. At index 31.2 and the 91.9th percentile of the other category, this entity ranks near the top of that category by index. The recurrence of recall entries alongside collision entries indicates an ongoing pattern of post-incident software correction.

Entries by year and severity

122024 S2: 11242025 S2: 12025 S3: 12252026 S2: 12026 S3: 1226
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By incident type

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Comparisons over time

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Yearly entries vs category average

recall over time vs category

crash over time vs category

Incident log (5 unique incidents)

SevDateTypeLocationIncidentSource
S306/20
2026
recall USAZoox Autonomous Vehicle Enters Smoke-Obscured Fire Scene, Prompting Recall · 105 vehicles recalled Reuters
S201/17
2026 · 14:00
crash San Francisco, CA, USAZoox Robotaxi Collides with Open Car Door, Injuring San Francisco Street Ambassador · 1 vehicle TechCrunch
S212/23
2025
recall USAZoox Recalls 332 Robotaxis After Lane-Crossing Software Error · 332 vehicles recalled Reuters
S312/23
2025
recall USAZoox recalls robotaxis for veering into oncoming traffic · 332 vehicles recalled Reuters
S205/2024 crash USAZoox self-driving vehicles involved in two motorcycle crashes RideApart.com

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