# Waymo's Self-Driving Cars Crash Less Often Than Human Drivers: Study

> Since Waymo arrived on the public stage as Google’s self-titled autonomous-driving project almost 20 years ago, the promise that self-driving cars would dramatically curtail crashes has remained just that.

- **Source:** [Thedrive](https://www.thedrive.com/news/waymos-self-driving-cars-crash-less-often-than-human-drivers-study?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a6625a16e74439c301119b2)
- **Published:** 2026-07-26
- **Category:** Cars
- **Tags:** #google
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a6625a16e74439c301119b2

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