🚗 Waymo self-driving vehicles are significantly safer than human drivers

• Waymo's self-driving cars have been involved in fewer than one accident with injuries per million miles driven.
• Waymo estimates that their vehicles are involved in 70 percent fewer accidents with injuries than human drivers.
• Of 23 serious accidents involving Waymo vehicles, 16 were caused by human drivers rear-ending the Waymo vehicle.

Waymo releases new safety data

Waymo, the company behind self-driving taxis, has released new data showing that their vehicles are significantly safer than human drivers. The company's self-driving cars have driven over 22 million miles and reports Understanding AI.

According to Waymo's calculations, typical human drivers in San Francisco and Phoenix would have caused 64 accidents over the same distance. This means that Waymo's vehicles are involved in approximately 70 percent fewer accidents with injuries per mile driven compared to human drivers.

Few serious accidents caused by Waymo vehicles

Of the 23 most serious accidents involving Waymo vehicles, 16 were caused by a human driver rear-ending the Waymo vehicle. In three cases, a human driver ran a red light before colliding with the Waymo car.

There are no reported serious accidents where a Waymo vehicle has run a red light, rear-ended another car, or exhibited other clearly incorrect behavior.

Noah Goodall, an experienced traffic safety researcher, believes that Waymo's analysis is of high quality. He says that the company has done a good job of producing relevant comparison figures for human drivers, which is a complex task.

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