The California Department of Motor Vehicles has released a report containing the details of driverless car crashes that happened on California roads last year. This marks the first of a series of reports monitoring how autonomous vehicles are performing (or not performing) on public roads.
The DMV does not indicate where fault lies in it's report, but it can be gleaned from individual traffic accident reports supplied through the links below.
October 14th, 2014 at 7:27 P.M. - Palo Alto
Manufacturer: Delphi
600 block of San Antonio Rd. - Other car crossed center island and hit front of AV.
View the actual police report here.
February 26th, 2015 - Mountain View
Manufacturer: Google
El Camino Real and View St. - Other car ran through stop sign without braking and hit right rear of AV
Full report
April 7th, 2015 - Mountain View
Manufacturer: Google
Castro St. and El Camino Real - AV was making a right on red and stopped to yield to oncoming vehicle. As it began to move again, vehicle behind the AV failed to brake and rear-ended the AV.
Full Report
April 27th, 2015 - Mountain View
Manufacturer: Google
California St. and Shoreline Blvd. - AV was stopped in right lane at a red light. Other vehicle passed AV on the right in the bicycle lane and brushed the AV's sensor. No damage to either vehicle.
Full Report
May 30th, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. Mountain View
Manufacturer: Google
Shoreline Blvd. and El Camino Real - AV was stopped at a red light when other vehicle rear-ended it.
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June 4th, 2015 at 8:54 a.m. - Mountain View
Manufacturer: Google
California Ave. and Rengstorff - AV was stopped for ~17 seconds at a red light when other vehicle rear-ended it.
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June 4th, 2015 at 11:15 a.m. - Mountain View
Manufacturer: Google
AV was stopped in a straight-only lane at a red light, along with vehicle to the rear. A green left-only signal came on while straight-only light remained red, and other vehicle accelerated into the rear of the AV.
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July 1, 2015 at 5:16 p.m. - Mountain View
Manufacturer: Google
Grant Rd. near Phyllis/Martens intersection - AV and a vehicle ahead of it were traveling ~15 MPH approaching green light at intersection when forward vehicle came to a stop. AV stopped as well and was rear-ended by other vehicle, which appeared not to decelerate.
Full Report
August 20th, 2015 at 9:36 a.m. - Mountain View
Manufacturer: Google
Shoreline Blvd. and High School Way No 5 MPH ~10 MPH AV was decelerating to yield to pedestrian when other vehicle, in the process of changing into AV's lane, hit AV's rear left bumper.
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Even though the spreadsheet compiled by the DMV only contains 9 collision reports, it is another sign that autonomous vehicles will soon be driving along side us on the road. This initial report should make weary drivers more at ease knowing that the accidents reported were caused by the cars driven by human's rather than the ones driven by robots.
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