Report 30270-9517

Date

Dec 2024

Manufacturer

Waymo LLC

Vehicle

2024 Jaguar I-Pace

Location

Culver City, CA

Speed

15 mph

Engagement

ADS

Report narrative

What was reported

On December [XXX], 2024 at 7:12 PM PT a Waymo Autonomous Vehicle ("Waymo AV") operating in Culver City, California was in a collision involving a piece of debris on [XXX] near [XXX]. The Waymo AV was traveling southbound on the right lane of [XXX] when the front driver side of the Waymo AV made contact with a piece of debris within its lane of travel. The debris became lodged within the front driver side wheel well of the Waymo AV and as the Waymo AV continued driving, the lodged debris ignited, causing a fire within the wheel well of the Waymo AV. At the time of the impact, the Waymo AV's Level 4 ADS was engaged in autonomous mode. The Waymo AV sustained damage. Waymo is reporting this crash under Request No. 1 of Standing General Order 2021-01 because a vehicle involved was towed away. Waymo may supplement or correct its reporting with additional information as it may become available.

Crash context

Conditions and outcome

Injury severity alleged

No Injuries Reported

Crash with

Other, see Narrative

Subject movement

Proceeding Straight

Roadway

Street

Weather

Clear

SGO metadata

Report details

Report type

5-Day

Report version

1

Submission date

DEC-2024

Incident time

19:12

Operating entity

Waymo LLC

Driver / operator type

None

Within ODD

Yes

Same vehicle ID

f03986dd311b615

Same incident ID

e3310f3c3380475