Self-driving car incidents in San Francisco, CA

On September [XXX], 2026 at 8:43 AM PDT a Waymo Autonomous Vehicle ("Waymo AV") operating in San Francisco, California was in a collision involving a passenger car on [XXX] near [XXX]. The Waymo AV was traveling southbound in autonomous mode with its right turn signal activated on [XXX] with vehicles parked at the curb in both directions. The Waymo AV began maneuvering to the right towards the west curb, and the test rider transitioned the Waymo AV into manual mode and began maneuvering the Waymo AV to the left, and the front right side of the Waymo AV made contact with the rear left side of…

On September [XXX], 2026 at 9:58 AM PDT a Waymo Autonomous Vehicle ("Waymo AV") operating in San Francisco, California was in a collision involving an SUV on [XXX] near [XXX]. The Waymo AV was traveling northbound on [XXX], with vehicles parked at the curb in both directions, when it maneuvered to the right and slowed to a stop to yield to an SUV traveling southbound on [XXX]. While the Waymo AV was stopped, the SUV proceeded to pass the Waymo AV to the left, and the left side of the SUV made contact with the rear left side of the stationary Waymo AV. At the time of the impact, the Waymo…

An unoccupied Zoox autonomous vehicle was proceeding after the light turned green on southbound [XXX] and was preparing to turn left onto [XXX] in San Francisco, when it slowed gradually to a stop to yield to oncoming traffic. A trailing passenger car (Vehicle 2) passed on the left and struck the Zoox vehicle's left rear fender. The driver of Vehicle 2 pulled over, but then departed without exchanging information. The Zoox sustained minor damage, with no reported injuries or police notification.

A Zoox vehicle operating in autonomous mode was stopped in traffic on northbound [XXX] past [XXX] in San Francisco when an approaching SUV (Vehicle 2) failed to stop and rear ended it. The Zoox vehicle operator then disengaged from autonomy. No injuries were reported at that time and police were not notified. The Zoox vehicle sustained moderate damage to its rear end, and its operator later reported "lower back stiffness".

An occupied Zoox autonomous vehicle, traveling north on [XXX] approaching [XXX] in San Francisco, was gradually slowing for a slowing box truck (Vehicle 2) in its lane ahead when the operator of Vehicle 2 stopped and began reversing, apparently attempting to parallel park in the curb lane. The box truck's left rear corner swiped the stopped Zoox vehicle's right front fender. No injuries were reported and police were not notified. The operator of Vehicle 2, denied making contact and refused to share their information.

On August [XXX], 2026 at 7:56 PM PDT a Waymo Autonomous Vehicle ("Waymo AV") operating in San Francisco, California was in a collision involving a bus on [XXX] near [XXX]. The Waymo AV was parked facing north on [XXX], with its hazard lights activated for a passenger dropoff, in-lane and alongside the bollards demarcating the bicycle lane along the east curb. While the Waymo AV was parked, a bus traveling westbound on [XXX] turned right onto [XXX], and as the bus was completing the right turn, it passed the Waymo AV to the left, and the right side of the bus made contact with the rear left…

On August [XXX], 2026 at 11:40 AM PDT a Waymo Autonomous Vehicle ("Waymo AV") operating in San Francisco, California was in a collision involving a heavy truck on [XXX] at [XXX]. The Waymo AV was stopped facing west in the parking lane on [XXX] for a red traffic light at the intersection with [XXX], with its right turn signal activated in preparation for a right turn onto [XXX]. After the traffic light turned green and traffic in the adjacent left lane on [XXX] began to proceed forward, the Waymo AV proceeded forward to initiate a right turn onto [XXX]. At the same time, a heavy truck…

On August [XXX], 2026 at 4:41 AM PDT a Waymo Autonomous Vehicle ("Waymo AV") operating in San Francisco, California was in a collision involving a pickup truck on [XXX] near [XXX]. The Waymo AV was stopped in-lane facing southeast on [XXX] prior to the intersection with [XXX], yielding to a fire truck facing north in the intersection and executing a multi-point turn onto northwestbound [XXX]. As the fire truck exited the intersection, the Waymo AV proceeded forward momentarily, then slowed to a stop before entering the intersection to yield to a second fire truck, initially stopped facing…