A collision between an autonomous Zoox robotaxi and a silver Nissan Murano on Las Vegas Boulevard sent the Nissan's driver to a hospital on Friday, September 251,4. The crash occurred on the southbound Strip near Four Seasons Drive, close to the south end of Mandalay Bay. Zoox said there were no passengers inside the vehicle at the time of impact2.
Initial reports placed the collision at approximately 8:19 a.m.3. Nevada Highway Patrol troopers responded at 9:01 a.m. and assumed the investigative lead from local police. Nevada State Police described the Nissan driver's injuries as minor and upper-body in nature; a separate report characterized the severity as unknown. Four southbound lanes were temporarily blocked around Four Seasons Drive for towing and the investigation but reopened by 10 a.m..
Authorities had not publicly identified the cause of the collision or assigned fault. Zoox said it is aware of the crash and will look into more details about what led up to and followed the incident.
Prior incidents accumulate
The crash is the latest in a series involving Zoox vehicles in Las Vegas during 2026. A Zoox was involved in a minor June crash on Las Vegas Boulevard at Harmon Avenue that required the vehicle to be towed. In early July, a human-driven vehicle struck a Zoox at the MGM Grand. On August 25, an unoccupied Zoox was rear-ended by a Ford 4Runner at Decatur Boulevard and Russell Road after stopping for an emergency vehicle. In July, Zoox issued a voluntary recall covering 105 robotaxis after an unoccupied vehicle entered an active fire scene in the Arts District on June 20; the company subsequently developed a software update to improve detection of heavy smoke.
UNLV professor Brendan Morris, who studies autonomous vehicles, said a crash by itself does not explain what went wrong. "So in any situation, whether it was an autonomous vehicle or human-involved crashes, there are a lot of factors that go into it," Morris said. Morris noted that autonomous vehicles use cameras and other sensors, including lidar, to understand their surroundings, and that software helps determine how the vehicle should move.
Commercial expansion timeline
Zoox, acquired by Amazon in 2020, began offering free public rides in Las Vegas on September 10, 2025. The company started charging passengers on August 10, 2026, after receiving federal regulatory approval for commercial operation of its purpose-built vehicles. In September, Zoox expanded paid service to Harry Reid International Airport. The purpose-built robotaxis have no steering wheel, accelerator, or brake pedals and seat four passengers in seats arranged to face one another.
ANALYSIS The September 25 crash extends an incident log that now spans at least five reported events in roughly four months, coinciding with Zoox's transition from free rides to paid commercial service on the Strip.
KTNV reported it had reached out to Zoox for a statement on the investigation.