LyftReceived reports that there were more than 4,000 cases of sexual assault on the ride-hailing platform’s ride-hailing platform, between 2017 and 2019, said it. It also provided details in a safety report which it had promised to publish two years back.

Late Thursday’s company report showed that sexual assault reports had increased by around 1,100 from 2017 to 1,800 in 2019. However, it stated that bookings had increased at an even higher rate over the same period. This resulted in a 19% decrease in overall incidents.

Lyft stated that over 99% of their journeys were completed without safety incidents.

We are aware that safety incidents happen on Lyft very rarely, but we also realize the importance of every incident. “While safety incidents on our platform are extremely rare, we realize that even one is too many. Our goal is to make every Lyft ride as secure as possible,” Jennifer Brandenburger (head of policy development research), said in an interview. company blog post

According to the company, safety measures have been implemented and drivers are subjected to rigorous background checks.

Lyft committed to publishing its report by the end 2019 when it was beaten by larger competitors UberProvided the first comprehensive safety report on ride-hailing.

UberThe company disclosed that they had received nearly 6,000 complaints of sexual assault in relation to US$2.3Billion in trips between 2017 and 2018.

Lyft has a significantly lower number of trips than Uber but it did not reveal the complete numbers in its safety report on Thursday. However, the Uber incident rate at 0.0002% was almost the same as Lyft’s.

Lyft didn’t disclose the number of incidents that led to drivers being injured, as Uber does. Uber found that about half of sexual assault cases were filed by riders according to their report.

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