\u00ab\u00a0Even one of these incidents is too many.\u00a0\u00bb<\/b>
\nSexual assault became an even more prominent issue at Lyft in recent years, according to the company\u2019s community safety report released Thursday. Although reported sexual assaults made up less than 1% of the ride-share giant\u2019s completed U.S. trips in 2019, the latest year for which the report accounts, there was a significant uptick between 2017 and 2019. \u201cMost serious safety incidents… are statistically very rare,\u201d the report noted, adding, \u201cBehind 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.\u201d \u201cFrom 2017 to 2019, over 99% of trips occurred without any reported safety incident,\u201d read the report. \u201cThe safety incidents referenced in this report account for 0.00002% of all trips.\u201d In 2019, the company received 1,807 reports of sexual assaults during Lyft trips, compared to 1,255 in 2018 and 1,096 in 2017. All numbers recorded came from reports made directly to the company, brought to its attention via law enforcement, or found through \u201cproactive investigation,\u201d like monitoring social media. The company also broke down types of sexual assault reports, such as nonconsensual kissing of a nonsexual body part, nonconsensual touching of a sexual body part, nonconsensual kissing of a sexual body part, attempted nonconsensual sexual penetration, and nonconsensual sexual penetration. Most of the reported assaults fell under the category of nonconsensual touching of a sexual body part. Lyft received 1,041 such reports in 2019 \u2014 making up 0.00014% of all completed U.S. trips, up from 661 in 2018 and 598 in 2017. The company\u2019s repot also detailed statistics for motor vehicle fatalities, per 100 million vehicle miles traveled, and fatal physical assaults \u2014 which stood at 4 in 2019, up from 3 in both 2017 and 2018. The company in early 2020 formed the Safety Advisory Council, which it says it consults about background check processes, ride verification technology, and more.<\/p>\n