“Even one of these incidents is too many.”
Sexual assault became an even more prominent issue at Lyft in recent years, according to the company’s community safety report released Thursday. Although reported sexual assaults made up less than 1% of the ride-share giant’s completed U.S. trips in 2019, the latest year for which the report accounts, there was a significant uptick between 2017 and 2019. “Most serious safety incidents… are statistically very rare,” the report noted, adding, “Behind every number, there is a person who experienced that incident. Put simply, even one of these incidents is too many. That is what drives our relentless work to continuously improve safety for riders and drivers.
