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Self-driving bus hits pedestrians, injuring two; Yahiko Village draft report: safety left to contractor, poor information sharing
An autonomous bus in Yahiko Village, Niigata, struck pedestrians, injuring two people. The village's draft report found that safety measures had been left entirely to the contractor and that information sharing within the administration was insufficient. The bus, introduced two years earlier, had already been involved in three previous incidents.
- Language it was published in
- ja
- Date it happened
- 2026-04-01
- Organisation involved
- Yahiko Village
- Product, system or model
- Miko-pyon-go
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