A pedestrian crossing outside a marked crosswalk on Maple Avenue in Dallas was struck by an SUV and thrown into the path of an oncoming autonomous Waymo vehicle late on August 7, 2026. Waymo said its vehicle detected the pedestrian and slowed to roughly 5 mph before contact; the man was transported to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead. The incident is described as the first fatality in which a Waymo vehicle made physical contact with a person, though the SUV’s initial collision is considered the proximate cause of death.