More than 3,000 people were sexually abused during Uber rides last year.
The disturbing numbers, released by the company on Thursday, have many concerned about the safety of using Uber and other rideshare apps — especially since the data came out the same week that 19 women sued Lyft, saying drivers for the company sexually assaulted them.
But it’s not just passengers who are being abused. According to Uber’s data, 42 percent of those reporting sexual abused were drivers. Drivers are abused as much as the passengers.
Passengers may be more vulnerable to certain types of abuse. For example, multiple riders who fell asleep in an Uber or Lyft and woke up to find a driver attacking them. And 92 percent of people who experienced sexual abused involving penetration were passengers, according to reports to Uber.