Lyft obtained stories of greater than 4,000 cases of sexual assault on its ride-hailing platform between 2017 and 2019, it mentioned, detailing the info in a security report it had promised to publish about two years in the past.
The corporate report, issued late on Thursday, confirmed sexual assault stories on its platform had elevated from round 1,100 in 2017 to some 1,800 in 2019. Nevertheless it mentioned bookings elevated at a better charge throughout that point, leading to a 19 p.c drop within the total incident charge.
Lyft mentioned greater than 99 p.c of its journeys had occurred with none security incident.
“Whereas security incidents on our platform are extremely uncommon, we realise that even one is simply too many. Behind each report is an actual individual and actual expertise, and our objective is to make every Lyft experience as secure as we presumably can,” Jennifer Brandenburger, head of coverage improvement and analysis, mentioned in an organization weblog publish.
The corporate mentioned it has invested in security options, employed rigorous driver background checks and consulted sexual assault consultants.
Lyft had dedicated to releasing its report on the finish of 2019, when its bigger rival Uber Applied sciences offered the ride-hailing business’s first detailed security report.
Uber on the time disclosed it had obtained some 6,000 stories of sexual assault associated to 2.3 billion journeys in the US in 2017 and 2018.
Lyft, which companies considerably fewer journeys than Uber, didn’t disclose the entire variety of rides it accomplished in its Thursday security report, however at 0.0002 p.c the incident charge was the identical as Uber’s.
In contrast to Uber, Lyft didn’t disclose what share of incidents resulted in drivers being harmed. Uber’s report confirmed riders accounted for roughly half of the accused in sexual assault stories.
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