Uber Reports 3,000 Sexual Assault Claims Last Year in Its Safety Review
- Company makes first-ever disclosures of assaults, fatalities
- Uber reported 58 road deaths out of 1.3 billion trips in 2018
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Uber Technologies Inc. found more than 3,000 allegations of sexual assaults involving drivers or passengers on its platform in the U.S. last year, part of an extensive and long-awaited review in response to public safety concerns.
The ride-hailing company released an 84-page safety report Thursday, seeking to quantify the misconduct and deaths that occur on its system and argue that its service is safer than alternatives.