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AV trucking

93 tracked companies; 15 companies with incident history, 133 unique documented incidents. Ranked by RobotRisk index; tick marks industry median where nonzero. All industries.

Analyst brief

The category's only entity on record, Kodiak, contributes a single low-severity regulatory filing covering three minor manual-mode contact incidents. There is no recorded autonomous-mode failure, recall, or crash in this dataset for the category. The available data shows no concentration or dominant failure mode beyond routine, low-severity manual-operation contact events disclosed to a regulator. On the evidence given, the category's record is sparse and regulator-driven rather than press-driven.

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Company risk ranking

CompanyRobotRisk index (0-100)Industry percentileBandIncidents
Tesla
100.0
 100% Critical 41
Waymo
96.8
 99% Critical 44
Cruise
73.8
 98% High 13
Zoox
71.2
 97% High 16
Baidu Apollo Go
52.7
 96% High 4
Pony.AI
40.3
 95% Elevated 4
Avride
35.2
 94% Elevated 2
Aurora
32.1
 92% Elevated 2
Beep
22.1
 91% Elevated 1
EasyMile
18.1
 90% Elevated 1
Neolix
17.5
 89% Elevated 1
Tier IV
10.6
 88% Low 1
WeRide
9.8
 87% Low 1
Kodiak
6.0
 86% Low 1
BlackBerry QNX
5.4
 85% Low 1

Recent incidents

SevDateCompanyTypeLocationIncidentSource
S303 Sep 2026Tesla regulatory Austin, TX, USANHTSA opens Audit Query AQ26002 into Tesla Cybercab certification · ~1,000 Cybercabs Motor1 / TechCrunch
S223 Aug 2026Waymo crash CA, USAWaymo robotaxi collides with minivan at California Costco New York Post
S5~Aug 2026Waymo fatality Dallas, TX, USAPedestrian killed by SUV thrown into stationary Waymo in Dallas · 1 fatality (secondary contact) FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth
S2~Aug 2026Waymo crash Denver, CO, USAUnoccupied Waymo struck in three-vehicle chain-reaction crash in Denver; police assign no fault to Waymo · 1 vehicle CBS Colorado
S3~Aug 2026Tesla crash Austin, TX, USATesla Robotaxi (Model Y) crashes through bollards in Austin, no driver present · 1 vehicle Motor1
S427 Jul 2026Waymo injury Los Angeles, CA, USAWoman critically injured in two-car crash involving Waymo vehicle in Los Angeles ABC7 Bay Area / Los Ange
S317 Jul 2026Zoox recall Las Vegas, NV, USAZoox issues software recall after robotaxi drove into heavy smoke CNBC
S317 Jul 2026Zoox recall USAZoox recalls 105 robotaxis over heavy-smoke detection failure · 105 robotaxis recalled Reuters
S104 Jul 2026Waymo malfunction USAWaymo drives into live fireworks display, alarming passengers Fox News
S3~Jul 2026Waymo fire Atlanta, GA, USAWaymo robotaxi catches fire after rear-end crash in Atlanta Hoodline
S2~Jul 2026Tesla malfunction Tampa, FL, USATesla robotaxi drives wrong-way in Tampa WFLA
S320 Jun 2026Zoox recall USAZoox Autonomous Vehicle Enters Smoke-Obscured Fire Scene, Prompting Recall · 105 vehicles recalled Reuters
S520 Jun 2026Tesla fatality Katy, TX, USATesla crashes into Texas home, killing woman inside; Autopilot engagement disputed Fortune
S318 Jun 2026Waymo recall —Waymo recalls 3,871 robotaxis over freeway construction-zone software defect · 3,871 vehicles The Robot Report
S3~Jun 2026Waymo recall USAWaymo recalls ~4,000 robotaxis after vehicles entered closed freeway construction zones Austin American-Statesma
S311 May 2026Waymo crash Los Angeles, CA, USAWaymo autonomous vehicle involved in rollover crash in Koreatown J&Y Law
S3~May 2026Waymo recall USAWaymo recalls robotaxi software over risk of driving into flooded roads NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
S2~May 2026Tesla crash Houston, TX, USATesla remote-operator-controlled Robotaxi crashes in Houston Electrek
S3~May 2026Avride regulatory TX, USANHTSA opens probe into Avride after Texas self-driving crashes · 37 cumulative logged accidents; formal NHTSA probe Reuters
S320 Apr 2026Waymo recall San Antonio, TX, USAUnoccupied Waymo Robotaxi Swept Into Waterway After Entering Flooded San Antonio Road · 3,791 vehicles recalled BBC News
S3~Apr 2026Baidu Apollo Go regulatory ChinaChina suspends new AV permits after Baidu's mass outage · nationwide AV permits Automotive World
S1~Apr 2026Avride malfunction Austin, TX, USAAvride autonomous vehicle strikes and kills a duck in Austin, prompting testing pause · 1 vehicle, animal fatality KXAN
S331 Mar 2026Baidu Apollo Go outage Wuhan, Hubei, ChinaBaidu robotaxi outage in Wuhan caused by 'system failure' · 100+ vehicles Reuters/CarNewsChina/The
S216 Mar 2026Zoox malfunction —NHTSA logs 123 Zoox autonomous-mode accidents cumulative · 123 cumulative logged accidents Wikipedia
S316 Mar 2026Tesla crash Austin, TX, USATesla discloses another unsupervised Robotaxi crash in Austin electrek.co
S201 Mar 2026Waymo disruption Austin, TX, USAWaymo Robotaxis Block Ambulance During Austin Mass Shooting Response · up to 5 vehicles Axios
S2~Mar 2026Neolix shutdown Abu Dhabi, UAENeolix halts autonomous delivery operations in Abu Dhabi auto.economictimes.india
S227 Feb 2026Waymo crash Charlotte, NC, USAWaymo robotaxi crashes on first day of Charlotte operations Charlotte Observer
S127 Feb 2026Tier IV malfunction Koto, Tokyo, JapanKoto Ward autonomous shuttle bus accident traced to route-deviation detection failure · 1 bus LOGISTICS TODAY
S323 Jan 2026Waymo regulatory USAWaymo vehicle investigated after striking pedestrian and passing stopped school bus Land Line Media
S323 Jan 2026Waymo injury Santa Monica, CA, USAWaymo robotaxi strikes child near Santa Monica school Reuters
S217 Jan 2026Zoox crash San Francisco, CA, USAZoox robotaxi strikes parked car, injures street ambassador Mission Local
S217 Jan 2026Zoox crash San Francisco, CA, USAZoox Robotaxi Collides with Open Car Door, Injuring San Francisco Street Ambassador · 1 vehicle TechCrunch
S217 Jan 2026Zoox injury San Francisco, CA, USAZoox robotaxi strikes opening car door, injures driver in San Francisco · 1 injury Mission Local
S2~Jan 2026Waymo malfunction Phoenix, AZ, USAWaymo Robotaxi Enters Phoenix Light-Rail Tracks as Train Approaches · 1 vehicle AZFamily
S2~Jan 2026Beep crash Washington, DC, USAAutomated Shuttle Bus Was Reportedly Rear-Ended During U.S. Department of Transportation Demonstration Ride · 1 shuttle Washington Post
S323 Dec 2025Zoox recall USAZoox recalls robotaxis for veering into oncoming traffic · 332 vehicles recalled Reuters
S120 Dec 2025Waymo disruption San Francisco, CA, USAWaymo Robotaxis Contribute to Gridlock During San Francisco PG&E Power Outage San Francisco Chronicle
S316 Dec 2025Tesla crash Austin, TX, USAReport: Tesla robotaxis crashing over 12x more frequently than human drivers Common Dreams
S209 Dec 2025Waymo crash San Francisco, CA, USATwo Waymo robotaxis collide, trapping a third Futurism

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