WASHINGTON—The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened a special investigation into a recent crash of a Cruise self-driving vehicle in California that resulted in minor injuries, the agency said on Thursday.
The auto safety agency did not identify the specific crash, but a Cruise vehicle operating in driverless autonomous mode was involved in a crash involving minor injuries on June 3 in San Francisco, according to a report filed with the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
The state agency told Reuters it “has had conversions with Cruise officials regarding the incident.”
Self-driving car maker Cruise, which is majority-owned by General Motors, said it was not issued a citation by police in the incident. Cruise said it had provided NHTSA with “routine information” the agency had sought in its special crash investigation….