Cruise robotaxi drags pedestrian after being struck by another car
S4 · 02 Oct 2023 · Cruise · San Francisco, CA, USA
Record
| Company | Cruise |
| Category | AV trucking |
| Type(s) | injury |
| Date | 02 Oct 2023 (day precision) |
| Time of day | 21:30 |
| Location | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| Severity | (serious injury, total loss, or grounding) |
| Scale | not documented |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verified flag | Yes - independently re-checked against the cited source |
Summary
A GM Cruise robotaxi ('Panini') struck and dragged a pedestrian roughly 20 feet in San Francisco after she was thrown into its path by a hit-and-run driver; the vehicle's tire came to rest on her leg. Led California DMV to suspend Cruise's permits.
Primary source
Publisher: Berliner Morgenpost · Retrieved: 2026-09-13
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Oct 2023 | Cruise robotaxi drags pedestrian after being struck by another car | Berliner Morgenpost | Berliner Morgenpost |
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- ~Dec 2024 - GM ends Cruise as a standalone robotaxi business
- 14 Nov 2024 - Cruise admits false report after robotaxi dragged pedestrian in San Francisco
- 30 Sep 2024 - NHTSA fines Cruise $1.5 million for failing to disclose pedestrian injury severity
- 09 Aug 2024 - GM's Cruise recalls entire robotaxi fleet over unexpected braking
- 25 Jan 2024 - Justice Department and SEC investigate Cruise robotaxi after pedestrian-dragging crash
- 08 Nov 2023 - Cruise recalls 950 robotaxis via software update after pedestrian dragging
- 24 Oct 2023 - California DMV suspends Cruise driverless permit statewide
- 02 Oct 2023 - Cruise robotaxi drags pedestrian 20 feet after hit-and-run in San Francisco
- ~Oct 2023 - Cruise fined $112,500 for delaying report on San Francisco robotaxi dragging incident that severely injured woman
- ~Oct 2023 - Cruise halts driverless operations nationwide
- ~Aug 2023 - San Francisco firetruck collides with responding Cruise vehicle
- ~Dec 2022 - NHTSA opens investigation into Cruise hard-braking and immobilization incidents
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