General Motors' (GM's) autonomous car subsidiary, Cruise, has voluntarily recalled 950 of its self-driving cars across the US, and may withdraw more, to update software after an incident in which a pedestrian was dragged alongside a San Francisco street in early October.

The recall is due to concerns that its collision detection software may not respond correctly after an accident, as reported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The company plans to make the vehicles remain stationary in similar situations with the updated software.

Cruise is currently in the process of updating the software for its driverless fleet, which will only resume operations after implementing these changes.

Analyst QuickTake: Cruise is facing multiple investigations over the safety of its cars, which also led to the recent suspension of its driverless vehicle deployment permits in San Francisco and the withdrawal of all robotaxis from markets across the US.