{"id":1213902,"date":"2023-12-20T17:39:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T22:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1213902"},"modified":"2023-12-20T17:39:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T22:39:39","slug":"7-1-million-miles-3-minor-injuries-waymos-safety-data-looks-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1213902","title":{"rendered":"7.1 million miles, 3 minor injuries: Waymo\u2019s safety data looks good"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IPACE_2-800x533-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sensors on top of a Waymo car.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IPACE_2.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"6336\" data-width=\"9504\">Enlarge<\/a> (credit: Waymo)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Waymo on Wednesday released new crash data based on the company&#8217;s first 7.1 million miles of fully driverless operations in Arizona and California. The data shows that human-driven cars are more than twice as likely to get into a crash that is reported to the police. And depending on how you do the math, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">human-driven cars are four to seven times more likely to get into crashes that lead to an injury.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Through October 2023, driverless Waymo vehicles have had only three crashes with injuries\u2014two in the Phoenix area and one in San Francisco. Waymo says all three injuries were minor. If those same miles had been driven by typical human drivers in the same cities, we would have expected around 13 injury crashes.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The new data comes at a crucial time for the self-driving industry. In October, a woman was <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2023\/10\/california-suspends-cruises-robotaxis-after-pedestrian-was-critically-injured\/\">dragged about 20 feet<\/a> underneath a vehicle by Waymo&#8217;s main rival, Cruise. Since then, Cruise has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2023\/11\/after-robotaxi-dragged-pedestrian-20-feet-cruise-founder-and-ceo-resigns\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">lost its CEO<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/12\/14\/cruise-slashes-24-of-self-driving-car-workforce-in-sweeping-layoffs\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">laid off 24 percent of its workforce<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and suspended driverless operations nationwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1992419#p3\">Read 17 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1992419&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1992419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">7.1 million miles, 3 minor injuries: Waymo\u2019s safety data looks good<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge (credit: Waymo) Waymo on Wednesday released new crash data based on the company&#8217;s first 7.1 million miles of fully driverless operations in Arizona and California. 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