Real-World Accident Rate for Autonomous Cars is Incredibly Low

The US Department of Transportation says about 33,000 people die on America’s roads every year. Enthusiasm for self-driving cars hinges in some part on their potential to reduce accident rates. Self-driving cars are being tested primarily in California and Nevada. With 11 accidents over six years, the Google Car is incredibly free of accidents. In two of the four cases, the car was doing the driving at the time of the crash. In the other two, the person behind the wheel had taken control of the car. The crashes were among the nearly 50 self-driving cars now being operated in California.


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