On Monday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) fined Cruise, GM’s self-driving vehicle division, $1.5 million. The penalty was imposed for omitting key details from an October 2023 accident in which one of the company’s autonomous vehicles struck and dragged a San Francisco pedestrian.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday that General Motors' self-driving car unit Cruise will pay a $1.5 million fine after it failed to disclose details of a serious October 2023 crash involving a pedestrian.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced on Monday a consent order with General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) subsidiary Cruise. The government agency said the action addresses several incomplete reports by the Detroit automaker under NHTSA's Standing General Order for crashes involving automated driving systems.