Waymo, Alphabet, Inc.’s autonomous driving system subsidiary, released a new research report last week showing that Waymo’s autonomous vehicles outperform human-driven vehicles in terms of safety. The Details: Waymo partnered with Swiss Re, a leading reinsurer, to analyze insurance industry third-party auto liability claims from 25.3 million miles of fully autonomous driving. The report showed a substantial safety improvement over its previous 3.8-million-mile study which “not only validates ADS safety at scale but also provides a new approach for ongoing ADS evaluation,” the report stated. Waymo vehicles demonstrated an 88% reduction in property damage claims and a 92% reduction in bodily injury claims compared to human drivers. The report revealed only nine property damage claims and two bodily injury claims involving Waymo vehicles, while human drivers would have been expected to generate 78 and 26 such claims, respectively.

Full report : Waymo’s autonomous vehicles outperform human driven cars in terms of safety.