{"schema_version":"0.10.0","id":"LR-2026-0634","record_version":1,"title":"Atlanta Waymo robotaxi burns after 33 mph crash","verification":{"human_verified":false,"method":"automated_gate","auto_verified":true,"score":46.3,"score_breakdown":{"source_authority":12.1,"independent_corroboration":7.0,"implicated_party_confirmed":0.0,"citation_integrity":14.0,"specificity":3.0,"completeness":2.88,"unhedged_language":5.0},"checks":{"schema_valid":true,"every_field_cited":true,"quotes_verbatim":true,"source_fetched":true,"distinct_incident":true,"dates_plausible":true,"sources_agree":true,"source_describes_incident":true,"severe_backed_by_source":true,"record_integrity":true,"eligible":true,"about_this_case":true},"gate_version":"gate-2026-10-18.7","cross_check_model":null,"cross_check_agreement":null,"duplicate_of":null,"verified_by":null,"verified_at":"2026-11-01","extraction_run_id":null,"evidence_level":{"level":"preliminary","reason":"1 report: FOX 5 Atlanta · subject to change","original_document":null,"reports_total":1,"reports_independent":1,"reports_derivative":0,"developing":false,"disputed":false,"rules_version":"evidence-2026-10-29.1","computed_at":"2026-11-01","history":[{"date":"2026-11-01","from_level":null,"to_level":"preliminary","reason":"1 report: FOX 5 Atlanta · subject to change"}]},"sources_hash":"50365a9517d958034d1ab93ba6b6d710c7253f73ea3b836394c43aecb82ff8b6"},"system":{"model_name":null,"model_version":null,"developer":"Waymo","harness":null,"tools_granted":[],"permissions_scope":null,"autonomy_level":"unknown","guardrails_present":[],"deployment_context":"unknown","tier":null,"lifecycle_stage":null,"integration_type":null,"intended_use":null,"safeguard_state":null,"production_intended":null},"event":{"date_occurred":null,"date_disclosed":"2026-07-27","incident_class":"other","failure_class":null,"agent_involved":true,"secondary_failure_classes":[],"trigger":"unknown","duration":null,"detection_method":"unknown","summary":"A driverless Waymo robotaxi was struck from behind by a Jeep on Cheshire Bridge Road in Atlanta on a Sunday night. Waymo data indicates the vehicle was turning left when the Jeep hit it at 33 miles per hour. The impact started a fast-growing fire in the rear of the Waymo, and two people were hurt. No passengers were inside the Waymo, the company said. Firefighters extinguished the fire and secured the scene. A fire captain said airbag deployment is designed to make the vehicle pull over and park and notify Waymo's fleet response center. Atlanta firefighters had previously been trained by Waymo on electric car fires, but officials say a refresher is needed, and Waymo confirmed it is working to arrange that training.","tags":[],"date_detected":null,"near_miss":null,"root_cause":null,"root_cause_detail":null,"failure_class_detail":null,"responsible_party":null,"adversarial_actor":null,"input_provenance":null,"time_to_contain":null,"operations_paused":null,"remediation":null,"precursor_events":null},"impact":{"direct_loss_usd":null,"remediation_hours":null,"records_exposed":null,"third_parties_affected_count":null,"severity":"major","harm_class":["bodily"],"affected_description":"Two people hurt: one Jeep occupant suffered burns and the other had complaints of a shoulder injury","protected_class_involved":null,"data_categories_exposed":[],"loss_range_usd":null,"reversibility":null,"downstream_exposure_count":null},"evidence":{"sources":[{"url":"https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/2-hurt-after-waymo-driverless-car-catches-fire-atlanta","publisher":"FOX 5 Atlanta","date":"2026-07-27","type":"press","title":"Atlanta Waymo burns after 33 mph crash - FOX 5 Atlanta","archived_url":null,"attachment":"first_report","independence":"independent"}],"per_field_confidence":{"system.developer":"C","event.agent_involved":"C","impact.affected_description":"C","impact.harm_class":"C","event.incident_class":"D","impact.severity":"D","event.summary":"C","system.autonomy_level":"D","system.deployment_context":"D","event.trigger":"D","event.detection_method":"D","context.country":"D","event.date_disclosed":"D","context.denominator_available":"D"},"field_citations":{"system.developer":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Two people were hurt Sunday night in a fiery crash involving a driverless Waymo car on Cheshire Bridge Road in Northeast Atlanta."}],"event.agent_involved":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Firefighters responded to Cheshire Bridge Road near the intersection of Manchester Street on Sunday night after a Jeep collided with an unoccupied Waymo driverless car."}],"impact.affected_description":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Firefighters said one of the Jeep's occupants suffered burns and the other had complaints of a shoulder injury."}],"impact.harm_class":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Firefighters said one of the Jeep's occupants suffered burns and the other had complaints of a shoulder injury."}],"event.incident_class":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Firefighters responded to Cheshire Bridge Road near the intersection of Manchester Street on Sunday night after a Jeep collided with an unoccupied Waymo driverless car."}],"impact.severity":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Two people were hurt Sunday night in a fiery crash involving a driverless Waymo car on Cheshire Bridge Road in Northeast Atlanta."}],"event.summary":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Two people were hurt Sunday night in a fiery crash involving a driverless Waymo car on Cheshire Bridge Road in Northeast Atlanta."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"Data from Waymo shows the autonomous vehicle was turning left off Cheshire Bridge Road when the other car rammed it from behind at 33 miles per hour."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"The impact triggered a rapidly growing fire in the back of the Waymo."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"No passengers were inside the Waymo at the time of the collision, the company said."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"\"The crews quickly extinguished the fire, secured the scene and evaluated two patients,\" Capt. Andrew Anderson of Atlanta Fire Rescue said."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"They're not going to be mobile anymore."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"Atlanta firefighters previously received training on electric car fires directly with Waymo, but officials say more instruction is needed."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"Waymo confirmed it is working to facilitate that additional training."}]},"notes_on_gaps":"Only one source (FOX 5 Atlanta press report). No date of occurrence is stated beyond Sunday night; the article date 2026-07-27 is not treated as the occurrence or disclosure date, so event dates were left out. The source does not say the Waymo caused or contributed to the crash; the Jeep is reported as the striking vehicle. No failure of the autonomous system is reported, so no failure_class, root_cause, trigger or responsible_party was written. Developer is set to Waymo from the brand named in the source (judgement). Autonomy level full-auto is inferred from the word driverless (judgement). Country US is inferred from Atlanta, Northeast Atlanta and Atlanta Fire Rescue; the source does not say United States (judgement). Incident class other was chosen because no closed class fits a collision with no stated AI fault (judgement). Severity major is judged from the stated count of two injured parties under the two-or-more test (judgement). Automated pull-over and fleet notification are described as designed behaviour, not as verified to have held, so no control link was recorded. No remediations were stated; the training refresher is planned, not a completed change to a control. Injury conditions, names, Jeep driver charges and reversibility are not stated. 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