Autonomous vehicle company Cruise LLC agreed to a $500,000 fine Thursday after admitting to a false report following a crash last year in which one of its vehicles dragged a pedestrian in.

Cruise, the San Francisco self-driving car company, agreed to pay a criminal penalty of $500,000 for hiding information about the October 2023 pedestrian crash.

Autonomous vehicle startup Cruise has admitted to filing a false report to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration regarding an accident where one of its robotaxis dragged a pedestrian in San Francisco.

Autonomous driving company Cruise has agreed to pay a $500,000 fine after it admitted to covering up a crash that happened in San Francisco last year, the United States Department of Justice announced.

Cruise has agreed to pay a $500,000 fine for submitting a false report to federal regulators following an accident over a year ago in which one of the company's self-driving cars pinned and dragged a woman nearly 20 feet at a San Francisco intersection.

GM's Cruise will pay a $500,000 fine for submitting to NHTSA a false report on last year's car crash in San Francisco. Read more.