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Waymo passengers

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 3473 Report
Waymo Self-Driving Taxi Reportedly Behaved Unexpectedly, Driving away from Support Crew

2021-05-06

A Waymo self-driving taxi car was reportedly shown on video stranded on a road in Arizona while carrying a passenger, suddenly driving away from the company's roadside assistance worker, and ended up being stuck farther down the road.

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Incident 13262 Report
Waymo Robotaxis Allegedly Contributed to Traffic Gridlock During San Francisco PG&E Power Outage

2025-12-20

Waymo's autonomous vehicle fleet reportedly contributed to traffic congestion in San Francisco after a PG&E substation fire cut power to nearly one-third of the city on December 20, 2025. As traffic signals went dark, Waymo vehicles requested remote confirmation checks at scale, creating delays that added to gridlock and prompted city officials to order the fleet off the road. Waymo later paused service and announced software and emergency-response updates.

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Incident 13371 Report
Waymo Robotaxi Reportedly Transported Undetected Person Trapped in Trunk in Los Angeles

2025-12-08

In Los Angeles, a Waymo autonomous taxi reportedly picked up a new rider while a man was trapped inside its trunk after a previous passenger left it open. The vehicle's AI systems reportedly did not detect the unauthorized occupant before dispatch. The rider reportedly discovered the man during the trip, and police were called to remove him.

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Other entities that are related to the same incident. For example, if the developer of an incident is this entity but the deployer is another entity, they are marked as related entities.
 

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Waymo

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 347
    3 Reports

    Waymo Self-Driving Taxi Reportedly Behaved Unexpectedly, Driving away from Support Crew

  • Incident 1326
    2 Reports

    Waymo Robotaxis Allegedly Contributed to Traffic Gridlock During San Francisco PG&E Power Outage

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 347
    3 Reports

    Waymo Self-Driving Taxi Reportedly Behaved Unexpectedly, Driving away from Support Crew

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Waymo's autonomous driving system

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 347
    3 Reports

    Waymo Self-Driving Taxi Reportedly Behaved Unexpectedly, Driving away from Support Crew

  • Incident 1326
    2 Reports

    Waymo Robotaxis Allegedly Contributed to Traffic Gridlock During San Francisco PG&E Power Outage

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Autonomous vehicle systems

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 347
    3 Reports

    Waymo Self-Driving Taxi Reportedly Behaved Unexpectedly, Driving away from Support Crew

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San Francisco drivers

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1326
    2 Reports

    Waymo Robotaxis Allegedly Contributed to Traffic Gridlock During San Francisco PG&E Power Outage

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Entity

San Francisco road users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1326
    2 Reports

    Waymo Robotaxis Allegedly Contributed to Traffic Gridlock During San Francisco PG&E Power Outage

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Entity

San Francisco emergency services

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1326
    2 Reports

    Waymo Robotaxis Allegedly Contributed to Traffic Gridlock During San Francisco PG&E Power Outage

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Entity

Emergency responders

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1326
    2 Reports

    Waymo Robotaxis Allegedly Contributed to Traffic Gridlock During San Francisco PG&E Power Outage

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General public

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1326
    2 Reports

    Waymo Robotaxis Allegedly Contributed to Traffic Gridlock During San Francisco PG&E Power Outage

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Entity

General public of San Francisco

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1326
    2 Reports

    Waymo Robotaxis Allegedly Contributed to Traffic Gridlock During San Francisco PG&E Power Outage

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Entity

Traffic signal interpretation and decision-making system

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1326
    2 Reports

    Waymo Robotaxis Allegedly Contributed to Traffic Gridlock During San Francisco PG&E Power Outage

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Entity

Remote assistance and fleet management system

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1326
    2 Reports

    Waymo Robotaxis Allegedly Contributed to Traffic Gridlock During San Francisco PG&E Power Outage

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Unnamed Waymo passenger trapped in trunk

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1337
    1 Report

    Waymo Robotaxi Reportedly Transported Undetected Person Trapped in Trunk in Los Angeles

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