Jan 17, 2026Single source
Zoox robotaxi hits open car door in San Francisco, reportedly injuring a street ambassador's hand
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A Zoox robotaxi reportedly collided with the open driver-side door of a parked car in San Francisco on January 17, 2026, allegedly injuring street ambassador Jamel Durden's hand. Zoox said the door opened suddenly and the vehicle tried to avoid contact. Police and the California DMV are reviewing.
What this means for youDriverless taxis now share city streets with pedestrians and parked cars, and crashes can injure people nearby. Regulators and police are still working out how to review such incidents.
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- AI Incident Databasehttps://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1540
Data from the AI Incident Database (incidentdatabase.ai), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. IAAI-21.
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