Waymo says data shows its robotaxis are much safer than cars driven by humans

• Driverless car company Waymo analyzed over 7 million fully driverless miles for a safety analysis.
• The data indicated its cars are 6.7 times less likely to be in injury-causing crashes than human-driven cars.
• This safety report comes at a turbulent time for autonomous vehicles. 

Autonomous vehicle company Waymo has done a new safety analysis, and the results are in: peer-reviewed data shows that the company's driverless cars may be considerably safer than cars with human drivers.