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Waymo vehicle investigated after striking pedestrian and passing stopped school bus

S3 · 01/23
2026 · 08:30 · Waymo · USA

Record

CompanyWaymo
Categoryav trucking
Typeregulatory
Date01/23
2026
Time of day08:30
LocationUSA
SeverityS3 (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault)
Scale-
Confidencemedium
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceLand Line Media

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A Waymo autonomous vehicle came under regulatory investigation after reportedly striking a pedestrian and passing a stopped school bus.

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