Waymo is still good at avoiding serious distraction and death after 56.7 million miles
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Summary
Alphabet’s autonomous driving unit Waymo has released a new study that shows its fully driverless vehicles continuing to perform better than human drivers after more than 56 million miles.
The study, which is due to be published in the Traffic Injury Prevention Journal, analyses Waymo’s performance in 11 different crash scenarios and found a 92% reduction in instances of pedestrian injury, a 96% reduction in instances of vehicle-to-vehicle crashes at intersections (the leading cause of road injury for US drivers), and an overall drop in accidents involving cyclists and motorcyclists.
The report also noted that seriously injuries from Waymo vehicles are still rare, but the company said the data overall shows its autonomous cars are better at avoiding crashes and injuries than human drivers.
The data is the latest attempt by Waymo to show the advantages of its technology over human drivers as the company looks to gain acceptance for autonomous vehicles.