After 50 million miles, Waymos crash a lot less than human drivers

Timothy B. Lee · 26 Mar 2025

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A large majority of the serious crashes a robotaxi is involved in are caused by the other road user, not by the robotaxi.

Their wordsEven if we assume all three of these crashes were Waymo’s fault, that would still mean that a large majority of the 38 serious crashes were not Waymo’s fault.

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