The incident occurred at approximately 8:11 a.m. on Thursday, November 5, along a fixed transit route in Punggol before being uploaded to Facebook. After coming close to striking the child, the vehicle slowed down and subsequently continued driving along its path. Grab confirmed it is currently reviewing the matter in partnership with the Land Transport Authority and developer WeRide. The review takes place as Grab manages two local autonomous routes alongside rival ComfortDelGro's single route.
Key points
The near miss occurred while the self-driving vehicle was attempting to execute a discret…: The near miss occurred while the self-driving vehicle was attempting to execute a discretionary left turn at a road junction.
Grab previously announced intentions to aggressively scale its operational autonomous fle…: Grab previously announced intentions to aggressively scale its operational autonomous fleet from 10 to 50 vehicles over six months.
The vehicle is part of Grab's autonomous shuttle service, which operates on two fixed routes in Punggol.
SINGAPORE: A Grab autonomous vehicle (AV) was seen nearly hitting a schoolgirl while making a left turn at a traffic junction in Punggol.
A 36-second video posted on Facebook group SG Road Vigilante showed the incident, which occurred at around 8.11am on Thursday (Nov 5).
In the footage, a young girl was seen crossing the road when a Grab autonomous vehicle appeared to come close to hitting her while making a discretionary left turn.
The vehicle slowed down after the near miss before continuing on its way.
The vehicle is part of Grab's existing autonomous shuttle service which operates on fixed routes in Punggol.
Grab currently operates two routes using autonomous vehicles (AV) developed by AV company WeRide, while ComfortDelGro operates one route using vehicles by AV company Pony.ai.
In September, Grab announced plans to expand its AV fleet from 10 to 50 vehicles over six months as it looks to extend its services beyond Punggol to other parts of Singapore.
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