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Pedestrian killed by SUV thrown into stationary Waymo in Dallas

S3 · 08/2026
~23:30 CT · Waymo · Dallas, TX, USA

Record

CompanyWaymo
Categoryav trucking
Typefatality
Date08/2026
Time of day~23:30 CT
LocationDallas, TX, USA
SeverityS3 (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault)
Scale1 fatality (secondary contact)
Confidencemedium
VerificationCited source on file; not independently re-verified
SourceFOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth

What happened

A pedestrian stepped into traffic outside a crosswalk and was struck by an SUV traveling ~35mph, which threw him roughly 30 feet into the rear of a slow-moving unoccupied Waymo; the Waymo had detected the pedestrian 150 feet away, slowed to about 5mph, and stopped. Police and Waymo say the robotaxi was not at fault and the low-speed contact was likely not the cause of death.

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