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Tesla Robotaxis Are Crashing More Than 12 Times as Frequently as Human Drivers
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this post was submitted on 17 Dec 2025
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That sounds extremely high IMO.
https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/historical-fatality-trends/deaths-and-rates/
As far as I can tell, that 500,000 miles number is between deadly crashes.
So I'm not sure this is an apples to apples comparison.
Sorry I have to downvote the article as grossly misleading.
Edit:
Deadly crashes are 1,38 per 100 million miles! so about 72 million miles between deadly crashes. Way way better than I thought.
From the linked article:
This is about 72,000,000 miles between motor vehicle deaths, not 500,000 miles.
According to this article https://driving-tests.org/driving-statistics/:
And
Which is just over 500,000 miles between police reported crashes.
Edited to correct numbers as noted by comments!
Thanks, then people are not so bad at driving after all.
I checked your numbers and you seem to be correct. Except from the chart it's 1.38 per 100 million or 72 million miles between deadly accidents, but that is still a lot better than ½ a million that I originally thought. I'm guessing 77 was a typo? 👍
Thanks for checking! That was in fact a typo and I edited my comment to reflect it!