Uber pauses robo-car tests after crash

Uber said Saturday that it was suspending the testing of its self-driving vehicles, a day after one of the vehicles was involved in a collision in Tempe, Ariz.

The Uber vehicle, which was in self-driving mode, was not at fault in the accident, said Josie Montenegro, a Tempe Police Department spokesman. Uber’s Volvo XC90 SUV was hit when another driver failed to yield, she said. The collision caused Uber’s vehicle to roll onto its side.

Montenegro and an Uber spokesman, Chelsea Kohler, confirmed the accident Friday evening and said neither driver suffered serious injuries.

“We are continuing to look into this incident and can confirm we had no back-seat passengers in the vehicle,” Kohler said in a statement.

Kohler said Saturday that Uber was suspending the testing of its self-driving vehicles in Arizona, pending the results of the investigation of the accident. She said Uber also had suspended testing in Pittsburgh and San Francisco for the day, and possibly longer.