Waymo Maintains Impressive Safety

Waymo Maintains Impressive Safety Record Across 56.7 Million Miles of Autonomous Driving. Waymo, a leading autonomous driving company under ...

Waymo Maintains Impressive Safety Record Across 56.7 Million Miles of Autonomous Driving.

Waymo, a leading autonomous driving company under Alphabet Inc., has reaffirmed its leadership in self-driving safety with its latest report showing that its vehicles have completed over 56.7 million miles on public roads without a single incident resulting in serious injury or death.

These miles include both autonomous vehicle (AV) rides with no human driver and supervised testing. The company’s operations span key markets such as Phoenix, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, where its ride-hailing service "Waymo One" continues to expand. Over the course of these millions of miles, Waymo vehicles successfully navigated countless real-world driving conditions, including dense urban traffic, construction zones, and unpredictable human behavior.

According to Waymo’s newly released 2025 Safety Performance Report, the fleet has demonstrated a dramatically lower crash rate than human drivers. In fact, Waymo vehicles are estimated to be involved in up to 85% fewer injury-causing collisions per mile compared to the national average for human drivers, based on NHTSA data.

The report also notes that many of the minor incidents recorded involved other drivers at fault — such as rear-end collisions at red lights — and none resulted in life-threatening harm. This consistency in risk reduction highlights the effectiveness of Waymo’s multi-layered safety stack, which includes:

• 360-degree perception through LiDAR, radar, and camera systems
• Behavior prediction modules for anticipating other road users’ actions
• Simulation of billions of miles of virtual driving scenarios
• Redundant braking and steering systems for real-time risk avoidance

As regulators around the world seek proven benchmarks for approving AV deployment, Waymo’s track record is likely to play a key role in shaping public policy and trust in driverless technology. The company is currently working with local governments to expand service areas and is actively advocating for data transparency in the autonomous vehicle industry.

With its continued expansion and safety-first approach, Waymo is positioning itself not just as a tech pioneer, but as a reliable transportation provider poised to make roadways safer for everyone.