According to the US Department of Justice, Cruise, a self-driving car company under General Motors, did not disclose specific details about the accident in October 2023 to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). It is known that Cruise's robotaxi in San Francisco crashed into a pedestrian after the girl was hit by another vehicle and dragged 6.1m.
In October 2023, Cruise tried to convince the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration not to investigate the injury incident and filed a report that did not disclose the pedestrian being dragged. In addition, the automaker's report on accidents involving autonomous driving systems is also incomplete, including both reports related to the October accident.
In a statement, Cruise Chairman cra cra craig Glidden affirmed that the company will comply with agreed requirements and make a firm commitment to transparency with regulators.
However, in response to the accident and investigations by US authorities, at that time, both Cruise's CEO and co-founder resigned. The company has also cut a quarter of its workforce and fired nine executives, including the legal and policy director.
In September this year, the automaker also agreed to pay a fine of $1.5 million to settle the NHTSA investigation. In addition, it is necessary to submit to this agency a plan to overcome the consequences and improve compliance with reporting serious incidents for at least 2 years.
Cruise has restarted testing of supervised autonomous driving in three US cities. In August 2024, the company said it would offer self-driving cars on the Uber ride-hailing platform starting next year.
