Uber released its safety report for 2017 to 2018 last December in an effort to rebrand itself as entering a new phase of transparency. However, a San Francisco-based nonprofit news organization claims the report leaves out a considerable amount of accident reports from the company’s official publication, which could endanger the safety and lives of the ride-sharing app’s customers.

1. Haffner Law
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Research Says Ride-
Sharing Apps Hiding Bulk
of Accident Reports from
Scrutiny

2. Uber released its safety report for 2017 to 2018 last December in an effort to rebrand itself as entering a
new phase of transparency. However, a San Francisco-based nonprofit news organization claims the
report leaves out a considerable amount of accident reports from the company’s official publication,
which could endanger the safety and lives of the ride-sharing app’s customers.
Official Numbers
According to the data presented in Uber’s U.S. Safety Report for 2017 to 2018, harmful incidents across
the country only accounted 0.0003 percent of all rides the company gave in that period. These incidents
included 107 deaths from vehicular accidents, almost 6,000 incidents of sexual assault, and 19 fatal
incidents of physical assault. A further 0.1 percent of rides included a support request due to safety
concerned the company deemed to be not severe, including reports of verbal fights and harsh braking,
Uber states in the report that the rest of the 2.3 billion ride-shares ended safely.
Hidden Data
However, a nonprofit news organization, the San Francisco Public Press, claims that the report eschews
“thousands of accidents involving the Uber app” that the ride-share company was aware about. The
organization studied court records and reports from multiple state and city agencies and revealed that
Uber has been hiding data to prevent public scrutiny.

3. Hidden Data
However, a nonprofit news organization, the San Francisco Public Press, claims that the report eschews
“thousands of accidents involving the Uber app” that the ride-share company was aware about. The
organization studied court records and reports from multiple state and city agencies and revealed that
Uber has been hiding data to prevent public scrutiny.
From San Francisco alone, law enforcement data showed that drivers for ride-sharing apps received the
most traffic citations. These drivers received 3,382 citations out of 5,460 citations in a three-year period,
demonstrating a lack of care in their driving abilities. Uber allegedly removed 22 fatal incidents from its
official tally, claiming that these deaths did not show up on a federal database. The report is also said to
have ignored accidents that occurred when an employee is logged into the system and is waiting ride
requests.
Until such time these companies come clean about their safety records and the reliability of their drivers,
victims of Uber-related accidents can turn to experienced litigation lawyers to bring this information to
light and help their plights in court.

4. Sources:
https://www.uber-
assets.com/image/upload/v1575580686/Documents/Safety/UberUSSafetyReport_201718_FullReport
.pdf
https://www.haffnerlawyers.com/
https://sfpublicpress.org/news/2020-01/california-agency-is-hiding-uber-and-lyft-accident-reports
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/12/05/tech/uber-safety-report/index.html