After analyzing 7.14M miles driven, Waymo claims its autonomous driving system had an 85% reduction in injury-causing crash rates compared to human benchmarks (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

After analyzing 7.14M miles driven, Waymo claims its autonomous driving system had an 85% reduction in injury-causing crash rates compared to human benchmarks (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
After analyzing 7.14M miles driven, Waymo claims its autonomous driving system had an 85% reduction in injury-causing crash rates compared to human benchmarks  —  For years, Waymo has been claiming that its driverless vehicles have the potential to be safer than humans.  Now the company says it has the data to back it up.