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A self-driving car in Uber killed a pedestrian in a self-driving car accident in Tempe, Arizona in March 2018, Beijing time reported on March 6, the first case in which a self-driving vehicle killed a pedestrian. Recently, US prosecutors announced that Uber will not pursue criminal responsibility.

The accident occurred on the night of March 2018, when a test car with Uber autopilot was driving at 70km/h speed when it collided with a 49-year-old woman, Elaine Herzberg, who was pushing her bike across the road, resulting in her death on the spot. Police investigation said that when the car was on autopilot, the driver in charge of safety, Rafael Vazquez (Rafael Vasquez), was watching the TV program "good Voice" on Reality Show on his mobile phone and failed to effectively supervise the vehicle, leading to the accident.

It is reported that driver Rafael may face charges of negligence, but prosecutors say there is no reason to punish Uber. In December 2018, Uber resumed limited self-driving car tests on public roads in Pittsburgh. Uber suspended the project nine months after the Arizona accident. Currently, Uber says it will have two employees on self-driving test vehicles and will monitor them more strictly. At the same time, Uber also said that the vehicle's autopilot software has been optimized, but the incident has also led to a worrying situation in front of the law.

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