Independent study says Waymo vehicles had 68% fewer crashes per mile than human drivers
reed · x · 2026-07-24
A third-party study, highlighted in a repost of an IIHS article, says Waymo’s driverless vehicles had 68% fewer crashes per vehicle mile traveled than human drivers across San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and Austin.
- The post explains an important reporting caveat: until a 2025 amendment to the Self-Driving Vehicle Incident Reporting Rule, companies had to log even minor incidents as crashes.
- Example: scraping a vehicle’s undercarriage while turning into a parking lot could count as a crash, which can distort naive comparisons.
- After adjusting for that reporting quirk, the study compares Waymo’s driverless fleet against human drivers and finds a large safety advantage.
- The author also notes that this kind of independent analysis is only possible because Waymo voluntarily shares the underlying data.
Related event: Study: Waymo Autonomous Cars Have 68% Lower Crash Rate Than Humans(2 posts)→
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