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A Self-Driving Cruise Robot Taxi Reportedly Struck and Dragged a Pedestrian 20 Feet
- Occurred
- Oct 2, 2023
- Published
- May 15, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Cruise has settled for between $8 million and $12 million with a pedestrian dragged by one of its autonomous vehicles in October 2023. The incident, where the pedestrian was initially hit by a human-driven car and then dragged 20 feet by the Cruise vehicle, led to the suspension of Cruise's operations and increased regulatory scrutiny.
Developers
- Cruise
Deployers
- Cruise
Harmed parties
- Unnamed pedestrian
Tags
- response
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Self-driving vehicle caused physical harm leading to settlement and operational suspension.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8