{
 "id": "p2026-09-06-217",
 "received": "2026-09-06T10:20:12-04:00",
 "proposer": "researcher (opus), brief 2026-09-06 second harvest, china-india-africa-latam",
 "kind": "entry",
 "sha": "d8cf138287899ff9",
 "data": {
  "kind": "entry",
  "tech": "food-delivery-dispatch-cn",
  "tech_name": "Meituan / Ele.me algorithmic dispatch and delivery-time estimation",
  "definition": "a dispatch and route-time system fit to the platform's own historical delivery data, which sets each order's allotted delivery window",
  "from": "2017",
  "region": "CN",
  "domain": "safety",
  "side": "loss",
  "people": {
   "n": 329,
   "unit": "delivery couriers and other road users killed or injured",
   "date": "2019-06-30"
  },
  "effect": {
   "n": 5,
   "unit": "deaths",
   "date": "2019-06-30",
   "what": "five deaths and 324 injuries in 325 accidents involving parcel and food-delivery drivers in Shanghai in the first half of 2019, against 117 accidents in all of 2017"
  },
  "reversible": true,
  "switch": "owner:Meituan and Ele.me",
  "statistic": "Shanghai police data: 325 traffic accidents involving parcel and food delivery drivers in the first half of 2019, five deaths and 324 injured, up from 117 accidents in all of 2017; couriers for Ele.me, Meituan, Freshippo and SF Express accounted for more than 80% of them, rushing to meet platform time limits.",
  "source": "https://technode.com/2019/07/08/shanghai-delivery-couriers-facing-higher-road-safety-risks/",
  "quote": "325 traffic accidents involving parcel and food delivery drivers in the first half of 2019",
  "attribution": "scale",
  "source_kind": "secondary"
 },
 "from_file": "impacts/harvest/2026-09-06-china-india-africa-latam.md"
}