Source: Understanding AI
by Kai Williams & Timothy B Lee
“For this story, one of us (Kai) looked through dozens of crash reports Waymo submitted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration between August 15, 2025 and March 16, 2026. He focused on 78 crashes involving driverless Waymos serious enough to cause an injury or an airbag deployment. Waymo likely drove more than 100 million miles during this time period, so it’s not surprising that Waymo was involved in dozens of crashes. But it’s striking how many of the crashes involved serious mistakes by other drivers. When Waymo’s vehicles did make mistakes, they were almost always mistakes of excessive caution.” (04/22/26)
https://www.understandingai.org/p/human-drivers-keep-crashing-into-454