Spokane Transit Authority Onboard Navigation System Reportedly Routed Double-Decker Bus to Low Bridge, Injuring Seven
Description
In Spokane, Washington, a Spokane Transit Authority double-decker bus was reportedly routed by its onboard navigation/CAD mapping system onto Cedar Street and hit a low-clearance railroad viaduct, shearing the upper deck. Of 10 people aboard, seven were reportedly hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. STA reportedly later warned operators not to use CAD maps for routing and pulled double-deckers from service pending an investigation; the driver was cited for negligent driving.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- spokane-transit-authority
Alleged Developers
- unidentified-vendor-of-spokane-transit-authority-onboard-cadnavigation-routing-software
Harmed Parties
- spokane-transit-authority-bus-passengers
- spokane-transit-authority-personnel
Classification
Risk Domain
AI Safety & FailuresRisk Subdomain
7.3. Lack of capability or robustness
MIT Risk Profile
Topics
Source
Related Incidents (AI Safety & Failures)
View all →Research Papers on This Topic
View all →Concrete Problems in AI Safety
A Survey on Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): Towards Medical XAI
Representation Engineering: A Top-Down Approach to AI Transparency
Explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) in deep learning-based medical image analysis
Mitigation Tools
Tools related to this risk domain, via shared responsible AI topics.