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Every combination of industry, incident type, company, location, year and severity that has at least 11 documented incidents, as a standalone page with charts, sources and its own alert. Use the incident log for ad-hoc filters.

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Severity

S3 and above incidents 278S4 and above incidents 133S5 fatal or catastrophic incidents 58

Year

2025 incidents 1052026 incidents 912024 incidents 722023 incidents 282022 incidents 172019 incidents 132021 incidents 13

Company × Location

Waymo · San Francisco, CA, USA incidents 16

Company × Severity

Tesla · S3 and above incidents 28Waymo · S3 and above incidents 21Tesla · S4 and above incidents 16Tesla · S5 fatal or catastrophic incidents 12Cruise · S3 and above incidents 11

Company × Year

Waymo · 2026 incidents 16Waymo · 2025 incidents 14Tesla · 2025 incidents 11

Industry × Company

AV trucking · Waymo incidents 44AV trucking · Tesla incidents 41AV trucking · Zoox incidents 16AV trucking · Cruise incidents 13

Industry × Location

AV trucking · San Francisco, CA, USA incidents 25AV trucking · USA incidents 20AV trucking · Austin, TX, USA incidents 11

Industry × Severity

AV trucking · S3 and above incidents 75Other · S3 and above incidents 46Medical robotics · S3 and above incidents 42Other · S4 and above incidents 35AV trucking · S4 and above incidents 28Drones / eVTOL · S3 and above incidents 23Other · S5 fatal or catastrophic incidents 20Defense / space · S3 and above incidents 19AV trucking · S5 fatal or catastrophic incidents 15Defense / space · S4 and above incidents 14Warehouse automation · S3 and above incidents 14Energy storage · S3 and above incidents 13Consumer robotics · S3 and above incidents 11

Industry × Type

AV trucking · crash incidents 38Medical robotics · recall incidents 36AV trucking · malfunction incidents 20AV trucking · recall incidents 19AV trucking · regulatory incidents 18Other · crash incidents 15Other · fatality incidents 15AV trucking · fatality incidents 13AV trucking · injury incidents 13Other · injury incidents 13Other · malfunction incidents 13

Industry × Year

AV trucking · 2026 incidents 36AV trucking · 2025 incidents 34AV trucking · 2024 incidents 26Other · 2025 incidents 24Other · 2024 incidents 16AV trucking · 2023 incidents 13Other · 2026 incidents 13

Location × Severity

USA · S3 and above incidents 22

Type × Company

crash · Tesla incidents 13fatality · Tesla incidents 11

Type × Severity

recall · S3 and above incidents 69fatality · S3 and above incidents 46fatality · S4 and above incidents 46fatality · S5 fatal or catastrophic incidents 45regulatory · S3 and above incidents 40crash · S3 and above incidents 33injury · S3 and above incidents 26malfunction · S3 and above incidents 23crash · S4 and above incidents 22fire · S3 and above incidents 19injury · S4 and above incidents 18mission-loss · S3 and above incidents 13mission-loss · S4 and above incidents 13regulatory · S4 and above incidents 12

Type × Year

crash · 2025 incidents 29crash · 2026 incidents 20malfunction · 2025 incidents 18malfunction · 2026 incidents 17recall · 2025 incidents 13recall · 2026 incidents 13crash · 2024 incidents 12injury · 2025 incidents 12fatality · 2024 incidents 11

Year × Severity

2025 · S3 and above incidents 702024 · S3 and above incidents 482026 · S3 and above incidents 472025 · S4 and above incidents 372024 · S4 and above incidents 272023 · S3 and above incidents 232026 · S4 and above incidents 202025 · S5 fatal or catastrophic incidents 162023 · S4 and above incidents 122024 · S5 fatal or catastrophic incidents 122019 · S3 and above incidents 11
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