Questions to inspire discussion.
📈 Q: How has Waymo’s crash rate changed over time? A: Waymo’s crash rate increased 8x from 10 to 80 per deployed vehicle between 2024 and 2025, despite only a 2-6x increase in fleet size, indicating a potential decrease in safety.
Operational Insights.
🤖 Q: What proportion of Waymo crashes involved fully autonomous vehicles? A: 521 out of 696 crashes (74.9%) involved fully autonomous vehicles without safety operators, while 167 had an onboard safety operator and 5 had a remote operator.
Market Expansion.
🌎 Q: How has Waymo’s expansion affected its safety record? A: Waymo’s aggressive scaling into new markets like Georgia and Austin, in response to Tesla’s growth, may be contributing to the higher crash rate beyond the increase in deployment rate.
Industry Implications.
🚀 Q: How might Waymo’s statistics impact Tesla’s robo taxi rollout? A: Waymo’s crash statistics provide a precedent for Tesla’s robo taxi safety, potentially reducing adoption risk if Tesla’s numbers are not worse than Waymo’s. ## Key Insights.
Safety and Accident Statistics.
🚗 696 crashes occurred in Waymo accidents between 2024–2025, resulting in 38 minor injuries, 6 moderate injuries, 3 serious injuries, and 3 fatalities, including a dog killed in 2023 and a human fatality in 2025 not involving Waymo.
🔢 Waymo’s crash rate increased 8x from 10 to 80 between 2024–2025, despite only a 2-6x increase in fleet size, suggesting a decrease in safety due to aggressive scaling.
🤖 Of the Waymo accidents, 521 had no remote operator, 167 had a safety operator inside the vehicle, and 5 had a remote operator.
Expansion and Competition.
🏙️ Waymo’s aggressive scaling into Georgia and Austin in response to Tesla’s rapid progress in autonomy led to a dramatic increase in crash rate.
Public Perception and Precedent.
📊 The statistics on Waymo accidents provide a precedent for robo taxi safety, allowing for comparison with Tesla’s performance and mitigating the risk of massive FUD and speculation.
🚘 The first human fatality in a Waymo-related accident in 2025 was caused by a Tesla driver traveling at 98mph, not Waymo itself, potentially affecting public perception of autonomous vehicle safety.
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Despite concerns about Tesla’s Robotaxi, analyzing Waymo’s incidents and accident statistics makes the speaker less concerned about Tesla’s robotaxi due to mitigated risks, as Waymo’s self-driving cars have been involved in numerous accidents, suggesting that Tesla’s prospects remain promising if its safety statistics are comparable.
Safety Statistics 🚗 Q: How do Waymo’s crash statistics compare to human drivers? A: Waymo’s fatality rate of 0.43% of deployed vehicles is lower than the human fatality rate of 1.25%, suggesting Waymo robo taxis are safer than human drivers. 🔍 Q: What are the key crash statistics for Waymo robo taxis? A: Waymo reported 696 physical crashes, 38 minor injuries, 6 moderate injuries, 3 serious injuries, and 3 human fatalities (including a dog) as of March 2024. Safety Trends 📈 Q: How has Waymo’s crash rate changed over time?