Autonomous vehicles are safer. At least, that’s the conclusion by the first study on the crash rate for self-driving cars, which compared that data to national crash rates. Researchers from Virginia Tech Transportation found that the self-driving cars have a crash rate of 3.2 crashes per million miles, lower than the national rate of 4.2 accidents per million miles. Evidence also suggests that self-driving cars were less likely to be a part of severe crashes with their advanced ability to navigate highways, but sufficient data is still lacking to draw a firm conclusion. Studies like this will be key to pushing autonomous vehicles into the mainstream, and as they continue to develop, that rate of accidents is expected to decline further.
New study shows self-driving cars are safer than human drivers
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