“If driverless cars deliver on their promise to eliminate the vast majority of fatal traffic accidents, the technology will rank among the most transformative public-health initiatives in human history. But how many lives, realistically, will be saved? By the end of this century, there’s good reason to believe that tens of millions of traffic fatalities will be prevented around the world.”
Source: Self-Driving Cars Could Save 300,000 Lives Per Decade in America – Nextgov.com