Waymo LLC Collision — CA, US — September 2021
What is observable from the evidence
No individually observed facts are recorded for this record; see its structured details and sources instead.
Automation status
Driving automation not engaged
Whether the driving-automation feature was engaged is a separate question from whether it caused the event.
System / software version
Not identified in the available sources.
Causal attribution
Undetermined
The available evidence does not establish a cause. Involvement of a driving-automation system is not the same as its being a cause.
Subject vehicle was making left turn under manual control (automation not engaged). Existing causation vocabulary has no category for "subject vehicle's own human driver" distinct from automation vs. other-party — left conservative pending a rulebook decision (see Normalization Rulebook v1 §6, open question 1).
What remains unknown
- Contributing reports disagree on city (Sann Francisco / San Francisco) — left unresolved for curator review.
Interpretation
No interpretation is offered for this event.
Sources & evidence
The sources below are the evidence. The summary and any interpretation on this page are written by White Box Autonomy and are not themselves evidence.
Regulatory record · Transdev Alternative Services
NHTSA SGO report 30531-1504 (v1)
Published October 2021 · Retrieved 6 September 2026
Regulatory record · Waymo LLC
NHTSA SGO report 30270-1495 (v1)
Published October 2021 · Retrieved 6 September 2026
About this record
Origin: Source-derived. What this means.
Record last reviewed or updated: 6 September 2026.
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