---
title: "A Self-Driving Chevy Bolt and a Bicyclist Collided in San Francisco"
description: "The cyclist rear-ended the Bolt at an intersection."
date: "2017-06-12"
modified: "2017-06-13"
authors:
  - name: "Aaron Brown"
    job_title: "Staff Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/aaron-brown"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/tech/11407/a-self-driving-chevy-bolt-collided-with-a-bicyclist-in-san-francisco"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Bolt"
  - "Chevrolet"
  - "Chevy"
  - "compact"
  - "Electric Vehicle"
  - "Hatchback"
  - "self-driving cars"
---

# A Self-Driving Chevy Bolt and a Bicyclist Collided in San Francisco

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A self-driving Chevrolet Bolt was involved in a minor collision with a bicyclist in San Francisco on May 25, according to the state of California—but from the report, it sounds as if the autonomous car was not at fault.

An autonomous Chevy [Bolt](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/8472/the-chevy-bolt-is-being-marked-up-and-discounted-by-dealerships>) operated by GM Cruise LLC—[General Motors's self-driving car development division](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/9287/gm-to-add-1100-jobs-at-cruise-automation>)—was attempting to make a left turn at around 5:26 p.m. when a car next to it began to sneak into its lane, according to an incident report from the California DMV. When the self-driving car hit the brakes, a bicyclist who was following it in close proximity slammed into the rear end of the autonomous electric car.

The bicyclist had a scraped knee after the incident and was looking to request medical help, but no first responders were sent to the scene, [according to the report](<https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/wcm/connect/7775ab52-ff6a-4473-8300-e3d589cd6448/GMCruise_052517.pdf?MOD=AJPERES>).

The Bolt's rear bumper was scratched in the crash, but the bicycle came out unscathed, the report said.

GM has been testing Bolt self-driving cars in the Bay Area since 2016. In April, the automaker released a video of one of its cars tackling San Francisco [streets in the dark of night](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/9562/watch-an-autonomous-chevy-bolt-drive-itself-around-at-night>).

## Author
Aaron was previously a contributing writer with Jalopnik and has also written for Business Insider covering cars. When he's not in the office writing the news, you'll probably find him thrashing a beater car around a RallyCross.

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