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Avride autonomous vehicle strikes and kills a duck in Austin, prompting testing pause

S1 · 04/2026 · Avride · Austin, TX, USA

Record

CompanyAvride
Categoryav trucking
Typemalfunction
Date04/2026
Time of daynot documented
LocationAustin, TX, USA · Mueller neighborhood
SeverityS1 (near-miss / disclosed vulnerability)
Scale1 vehicle, animal fatality
Confidencemedium
VerificationCited source on file; not independently re-verified
SourceKXAN

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An Avride self-driving test vehicle in Austins Mueller neighborhood ran over and killed a duck, drawing public attention to the companys road testing and prompting Avride to pause some testing activity while reviewing the incident.

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