A self-driving car killed a pedestrian in Arizona. Here’s what that means for Ford’s Miami test.

Despite the Sunday accident in which a self-driving car killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Ariz., Ford’s autonomous vehicles will remain on South Florida roadways.

Ford announced it had begun testing self-driving cars across Miami-Dade County last month. It has not experienced any accidents, the company said Monday — despite Miami-Dade’s notoriously erratic traffic — and plans to continue its testing program. The company said it has no more than two self-driving cars operating on county roads at the moment.

Although the car involved in the tragic Arizona accident was not a Ford, Uber has used Ford Fusions in the past for its autonomous vehicle testing. Ford says Uber has its own self-driving technology in use in those vehicles.

Uber announced Monday it would suspend its self-driving tests across all cities, which include Tempe, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Toronto.

Elaine Herzberg, 49, was struck around 10 p.m. as she was walking outside of a crosswalk. A vehicle operator had been behind the wheel at the time she was hit. She was rushed to the hospital but succumbed to her injuries.

This story was originally published March 19, 2018 at 5:57 PM with the headline "A self-driving car killed a pedestrian in Arizona. Here’s what that means for Ford’s Miami test.."