S4 · 07/2026
05:45 ·
Waymo · Los Angeles, CA, USA
| Company | Waymo |
| Category | av trucking |
| Type | crash |
| Date | 07/2026 |
| Time of day | 05:45 |
| Location | Los Angeles, CA, USA · Pico-Union |
| Severity | S4 (serious injury, total loss, or grounding) |
| Scale | - |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verification | Yes - adversarially checked against the cited source |
| Source | Yahoo |
A Waymo robotaxi operating autonomously on Venice Boulevard in LA's Pico-Union neighborhood was struck by a human-driven sedan that ran a red light/failed to yield; two people hospitalized, one critically. Waymo vehicle was not at fault but was operating in autonomous mode during the collision.