According to a 2023 survey, over two-thirds of ride-hailing drivers in the United States have experience violence or abuse in their line of work. The most commonly reported form of harassment was being verbally abused, which more than half of driver had experienced. Meanwhile, two percent of drivers reported having been shot or stabbed.
Share of ride-hailing drivers having experienced violence, harassment and threats while working in the United States in 2023
app-based ride-hailing drivers active in the past three months
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
The survey was distributed on Facebook and Instagram and was available in English, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, and Somali. The survey reached drivers in 35 U.S. states and in the District of Columbia.
86 percent of respondents drove for Uber, 65 percent drove for Lyft, and one percent of respondents drove for other companies.
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Strategic Organizing Center. (April 20, 2023). Share of ride-hailing drivers having experienced violence, harassment and threats while working in the United States in 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1421787/types-of-violence-experienced-by-ride-share-drivers-united-states/
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Strategic Organizing Center. (2023). Share of ride-hailing drivers having experienced violence, harassment and threats while working in the United States in 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1421787/types-of-violence-experienced-by-ride-share-drivers-united-states/
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