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2023 · S4 and above incidents

12 documented incidents where year is 2023 and severity is S4 and above, across 7 companies, 2023. Every row cites its source; severity runs S1 (near miss) to S5 (fatal or catastrophic). Entity pages: 2023 · S4 and above.

12Unique incidents
7Companies involved
S5Highest severity
100%Verified
0%From regulators
2023Years covered

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Incident list

SevDateCompanyTypeLocationIncidentSource
S5~Nov 2023Tesla fatality AZ, USATesla on Full Self-Driving kills pedestrian on Arizona interstate Carscoops
S424 Oct 2023Cruise regulatory CA, USACalifornia DMV suspends Cruise driverless permit statewide · entire California fleet grounded CNBC
S402 Oct 2023Cruise injury San Francisco, CA, USACruise robotaxi drags pedestrian after being struck by another car Berliner Morgenpost
S402 Oct 2023Cruise injury San Francisco, CA, USACruise robotaxi drags pedestrian 20 feet after hit-and-run in San Francisco · 1 pedestrian, serious injury San Francisco Chronicle
S4~Oct 2023General Motors (Cruise) crash San Francisco, CA, USACruise robotaxi dragging incident traced to Collision Detection Subsystem defect dailycar.co.kr
S4~Oct 2023Cruise shutdown —Cruise halts driverless operations nationwide · fleet-wide WSJ/CNBC
S409 Aug 2023Vertical Aerospace crash Kemble Airfield, Gloucestershire, UKVertical Aerospace VX4 prototype crashes during uncrewed flight test AeroTime / FlightGlobal
S422 Jul 2023Tesla injury Fremont, CA, USAFormer factory worker sues Tesla after robotic arm knocks him unconscious Manufacturing Dive
S412 Jun 2023Starfish Space mission-loss —Spinning spacecraft adds unwelcome twist to Starfish Space's docking test mission · 1 spacecraft (Otter Pup / LEO Pathfinder) GeekWire
S425 Apr 2023ispace mission-loss Atlas crater, MoonHAKUTO-R Mission 1 lander crashes into Moon · 1 lander, total loss ispace
S415 Mar 2023Attabotics fire Brampton, Ontario, CanadaFire at Canadian Tire distribution centre running Attabotics robotic storage system · 1 facility, $67.7M in reported costs BetaKit
S518 Feb 2023Tesla fatality CA, USACalifornia family blames Musk for son's death in Tesla Autopilot crash The Independent

Companies involved

Cruise 4Tesla 3General Motors (Cruise) 1Vertical Aerospace 1Starfish Space 1ispace 1Attabotics 1

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