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Avride Autonomous Vehicle Reportedly Struck and Killed Nesting Duck Near Mueller Lake Park in Austin, Texas
- Occurred
- Mar 31, 2026
- Published
- Apr 6, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
An Avride self-driving car operating in autonomous mode with a human safety operator reportedly struck and killed a nesting duck near Mueller Lake Park in Austin, Texas. A witness said the car did not slow or stop after the collision and alleged it had run a stop sign; Avride denied the stop-sign claim. Avride investigated the wildlife collision, paused testing around the lake, and later excluded nearby streets from its operating area.
Developers
- Avride
- Automated driving system developers
Deployers
- Avride
- Automated driving system deployers
- Autonomous vehicle fleet operators
Harmed parties
- Animal life
- Ducks
- Nesting duck near Mueller Lake Park, Austin, Texas
Tags
- response
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Incident involves an autonomous vehicle collision with wildlife, not human injury or major harm.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8