By Bogdan Popa
Publication Date: 2026-10-11 05:59:00
Google Maps has mysteriously started to show accident icons on nearly every road in some regions for a reason that nobody has been able to figure out. The glitch was first spotted by someone on reddit less than 24 hours ago and seems to affect Google Maps on all platforms, including mobile devices and the web.
The crash icons appear on the road as if another user pinned an accident through the incident reporting feature.
Google Maps has been offering an incident reporting component since 2019 on mobile devices. While Android and iPhone users could flag an incident on the map in Google Maps, the feature didn’t get much traction, as most people interested in crowdsourcing traffic data use Waze.
However, Google released a 2024 update to bring the same feature to Android Auto and CarPlay, suggesting that it wants to make incident reporting a more important part of the experience with Google Maps….
