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Waymo Self-Driving Crashes

2,382 crashes involving Waymo's self-driving vehicles were reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration between July 2021 and September 2026, 77.9% of all reported self-driving crashes. In 58% of them the Waymo vehicle was stopped or parked; 9% involved a reported injury.

Crashes reported
2,382
Share of all
77.9%
#1 of 35 companies
Vehicle stopped or parked
58%
Injury reported
213
Serious or fatal
11
Cities
57

Crashes per month

Waymo crashes reported to NHTSA per month
50100150July 2021: 3 crashesAugust 2021: 5 crashesSeptember 2021: 6 crashesOctober 2021: 7 crashesNovember 2021: 9 crashesDecember 2021: 4 crashesJanuary 2022: 7 crashesJan 2022February 2022: 8 crashesMarch 2022: 7 crashesApril 2022: 9 crashesMay 2022: 7 crashesJune 2022: 4 crashesJuly 2022: 8 crashesAugust 2022: 11 crashesSeptember 2022: 5 crashesOctober 2022: 2 crashesNovember 2022: 3 crashesDecember 2022: 6 crashesJanuary 2023: 4 crashesJan 2023February 2023: 5 crashesMarch 2023: 9 crashesApril 2023: 8 crashesMay 2023: 10 crashesJune 2023: 9 crashesJuly 2023: 10 crashesAugust 2023: 15 crashesSeptember 2023: 13 crashesOctober 2023: 14 crashesNovember 2023: 8 crashesDecember 2023: 18 crashesJanuary 2024: 13 crashesJan 2024February 2024: 15 crashesMarch 2024: 24 crashesApril 2024: 14 crashesMay 2024: 33 crashesJune 2024: 33 crashesJuly 2024: 33 crashesAugust 2024: 42 crashesSeptember 2024: 53 crashesOctober 2024: 58 crashesNovember 2024: 67 crashesDecember 2024: 77 crashesJanuary 2025: 66 crashesJan 2025February 2025: 67 crashesMarch 2025: 71 crashesApril 2025: 88 crashesMay 2025: 101 crashesJune 2025: 63 crashesJuly 2025: 56 crashesAugust 2025: 51 crashesSeptember 2025: 56 crashesOctober 2025: 86 crashesNovember 2025: 100 crashesDecember 2025: 93 crashesJanuary 2026: 100 crashesJan 2026February 2026: 74 crashesMarch 2026: 114 crashes114April 2026: 114 crashesMay 2026: 101 crashesJune 2026: 107 crashesJuly 2026: 96 crashesAugust 2026: 72 crashesSeptember 2026: 10 crashes

Peak: March 2026, 114 crashes

View as a table
MonthCrashes
July 20213
August 20215
September 20216
October 20217
November 20219
December 20214
January 20227
February 20228
March 20227
April 20229
May 20227
June 20224
July 20228
August 202211
September 20225
October 20222
November 20223
December 20226
January 20234
February 20235
March 20239
April 20238
May 202310
June 20239
July 202310
August 202315
September 202313
October 202314
November 20238
December 202318
January 202413
February 202415
March 202424
April 202414
May 202433
June 202433
July 202433
August 202442
September 202453
October 202458
November 202467
December 202477
January 202566
February 202567
March 202571
April 202588
May 2025101
June 202563
July 202556
August 202551
September 202556
October 202586
November 2025100
December 202593
January 2026100
February 202674
March 2026114
April 2026114
May 2026101
June 2026107
July 202696
August 202672
September 202610

A rising line usually means a growing fleet: more vehicles and more miles, in more cities. Without the miles, the count alone cannot say whether Waymo's vehicles crash more or less often over time.

Most serious injury reported

  • Fatal0.1% · 3 crashes
  • Serious injury0.3% · 8 crashes
  • Moderate injury1.1% · 26 crashes
  • Minor injury7.4% · 176 crashes
  • No injuries reported89.6% · 2,134 crashes
  • Unknown1.5% · 35 crashes

What the Waymo vehicle collided with

  • Another vehicle85.2% · 2,030 crashes
  • Other8.5% · 203 crashes
  • Fixed object3.6% · 85 crashes
  • Cyclist1.1% · 27 crashes
  • Animal0.9% · 21 crashes
  • Scooter, skateboard or other road user0.5% · 11 crashes
  • Pedestrian0.2% · 5 crashes

Who could take the wheel

  • No one on board to drive89.3% · 2,127 crashes
  • Safety driver on board10.5% · 250 crashes
  • Unknown0.2% · 4 crashes
  • Remote operator only0% · 1 crashes

Where they happened

  1. San Francisco, CA 919 crashes
  2. Los Angeles, CA 388 crashes
  3. Phoenix, AZ 270 crashes
  4. Austin, TX 188 crashes
  5. Tempe, AZ 123 crashes
  6. Atlanta, GA 78 crashes
  7. Scottsdale, AZ 67 crashes
  8. Santa Monica, CA 29 crashes
  9. Chandler, AZ 22 crashes
  10. Miami, FL 22 crashes

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