Google Self-Driving Cars Involved in 11 Accidents, Company Reveals
Google acknowledged May 11 that its self-driving cars have been involved in 11 accidents since the company began working on the technology approximately six years ago. The company claims, however, that in none of the accidents have the cars been at fault.
“During … 1.7 million miles of autonomous and manual driving with our safety drivers behind the wheel … not once was the self-driving car the cause of the accident,” Chris Urmson, head of the Google self-driving car project, wrote in a blog post published on the website Medium.
Google addressed the issue after the Associated Press reported that Google had filed paperwork for three collisions in California, where reporting accidents is part of the agreement permitting the company to test the cars on public roads. It now appears that of t...