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Zoox robotaxi strikes parked car, injures street ambassador

S2 · 01/17
2026 · 13:30 · Zoox · San Francisco, CA, USA

Record

CompanyZoox
Categoryav trucking
Typecrash
Date01/17
2026
Time of day13:30
LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
SeverityS2 (minor injury or single-unit damage)
Scale-
Confidencemedium
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceMission Local

What happened

A Zoox robotaxi collided with a parked car in San Francisco, injuring a nearby city street ambassador.

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