Peterbilt 579 Epiq Incident

On September [XXX], 2022 at 4:03 AM PST a Waymo Autonomous Vehicle ("Waymo AV") Peterbilt Class 8 semi-truck and trailer, operating in Huntsville, Texas was in a collision involving a loose tire on southbound [XXX] near the [XXX]. The Waymo AV was in autonomous mode and in the rightmost lane approaching a slow-moving pickup truk traveling behind a slow-moving box truck, when the Waymo AV test driver transitioned to manual mode. The Waymo AV test driver then made a left lane change to pass the two vehicles. As the Waymo AV passed the pick-up truck and box truck, a loose wheel (including attached tire) appearted from behind the box truck rolling toward the Waymo AV's lane. The wheel/tire made contact with the passenger right side rear corner of the Waymo AV's trailer. At the time of the impact, the Waymo AV's Level 4 ADS was not engaged and a test driver was operating the Waymo AV in manual mode. The Waymo AV's trailer sustained damage. Transdev Alternative Services is reporting this crash under Request No. 2 of Standing General Order 2021-01. Transdev may supplement or correct its reporting with additional information as it may become available. This is a duplicate of WaymoLLC-20220906-0 (rev.20221017215656).