Self-driving car incidents in Scottsdale, AZ

On August [XXX], 2026 at 10:34 AM MST a Waymo Autonomous Vehicle ("Waymo AV") operating in Scottsdale, Arizona was in a collision involving a dumpster in a parking lot on [XXX] Boulevard near [XXX]. The Waymo AV was stopped facing north in a drive aisle of a parking lot on [XXX] near [XXX], yielding to southbound traffic in the drive aisle. After southbound traffic cleared, the Waymo AV initiated a reversing maneuver to execute a multi-point turn, and as the Waymo AV reversed, the rear of the Waymo AV made contact with a dumpster positioned along the west side wall of the parking lot. At the…

On July [XXX], 2026 at 6:40 PM MST a Waymo Autonomous Vehicle ("Waymo AV") operating in Scottsdale, Arizona was in a collision involving a tree branch on [XXX] near [XXX]. The Waymo AV was traveling southbound in the leftmost lane on [XXX] when a tree branch broke off from a tree situated directly above the roadway and fell onto the Waymo AV, making contact with the hood and windshield of the Waymo AV. At the time of the impact, the Waymo AV's Level 4 ADS was engaged in autonomous mode. The Waymo AV sustained damage. Waymo is reporting this crash under Request No. 2 of Standing General…

On July [XXX], 2026 at 09:09 PM MST a Waymo Autonomous Vehicle ("Waymo AV") operating in Scottsdale, Arizona was in a collision involving a heavy truck on [XXX] near [XXX]. The Waymo AV was traveling southwestbound in the right lane on [XXX] behind a heavy truck traveling southwestbound partially in the right lane and partially in the left lane, on [XXX] with its hazard lights activated. The heavy truck slowed to a stop and the Waymo AV slowed to a stop to yield to the heavy truck. The heavy truck then reversed and made contact with the front of the stationary Waymo AV. The Waymo AV then…

On June [XXX], 2026 at 4:51 PM MT a Waymo Autonomous Vehicle ("Waymo AV") operating in Scottsdale, Arizona was in a collision involving a set of barrier arms at the entrance of a parking lot at [XXX]. The Waymo AV was traveling eastbound in a parking lot at [XXX] and slowing to yield to an SUV stopped at the entrance to a parking area ahead with a closed set of barrier arms. After the barrier arms lifted and the SUV proceeded forward, the Waymo AV proceeded forward at a low rate of speed. As the barrier arms began to lower, the Waymo AV continued to proceed and the front left and front right…

On June [XXX], 2026 at 10:58 PM PT a Waymo Autonomous Vehicle ("Waymo AV") operating in Phoenix, Arizona was in a collision involving an SUV on [XXX] near [XXX]. The Waymo AV was traveling westbound in the left lane on [XXX] when an SUV traveling westbound in the right lane on [XXX], behind and to the right of the Waymo AV, began to shift to the left and enter the Waymo AV's lane of travel. As the SUV proceeded to pass the Waymo AV to the right and further entered the Waymo AV's lane of travel, the SUV began to brake, and the rear left side of the SUV made contact with the front right side…

On June [XXX], 2026 at 2:53 AM MT a Waymo Autonomous Vehicle ("Waymo AV") operating in Scottsdale, California was in a collision involving an SUV on [XXX] near [XXX]. The Waymo AV was stopped facing east in the rightmost of two designated left turn only lanes on [XXX], for a red light at the intersection with [XXX]. While the Waymo AV was stopped, an SUV traveling eastbound at a high rate of speed on [XXX] traversed to the left across two lanes, and into the Waymo AV's lane of travel. The SUV maneuvered to the right as it approached the Waymo AV from behind, and the front left side of the…

On May [XXX], 2026 at 3:04 PM MT a Waymo Autonomous Vehicle ("Waymo AV") operating in Scottsdale, Arizona was in a collision involving a passenger car on [XXX] near [XXX]. The Waymo AV was stopped facing west in the second lane from the right on [XXX] in a queue of traffic for a red light at the intersection with [XXX]. After the light turned green, the Waymo AV proceeded forward momentarily, then slowed to a stop to yield to a queue of traffic stopped directly in front of the Waymo AV. While the Waymo AV was stopped, a passenger car initially stopped behind the Waymo AV proceeded forward,…

On April [XXX], 2026 at 9:59 PM MT a Waymo Autonomous Vehicle ("Waymo AV") operating in Scottsdale, Arizona was in a collision involving a passenger car on [XXX] at [XXX]. The Waymo AV was stopped facing east on [XXX] in the second to the left designated left turn lane for a red left arrow light at the intersection with [XXX]. After the light turned green, the Waymo AV proceeded in making a left turn onto [XXX]. As the Waymo AV was completing the left turn, a passenger car that was also turning left in the adjacent leftmost designated left turn lane crossed the dashed white lane line, into…