Waymos cause "way mo" injuries per mile driven than for-hire vehicles in NYC
laserson
11 points
16 comments
July 22, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)
floxy
Anyone have the source for the three Waymo serious injuries or deaths? I feel like I would have heard about these on HN. Only thing I've heard of is one feline fatality and a school-aged pedestrian who was bumped, but appeared not to be injured.
josefresco
"have a significantly higher rate of crashes with a serious injury or fatality than the existing New York City for-hire fleet" Ok "Waymo's fleet has not yet driven enough miles to support that they are safer than for hire vehicle drivers." If there's not enough data to show they're "safer" than there also isn't enough data to show they are "less safe".
lokar
Are they arguing that NYC taxi drivers are safer then average drivers nationwide?
scarmig
Concretely, they are basing this analysis on 3 Waymos being involved in incidents involving a serious injury or fatality nationwide, versus 16 for NYC for hire ones (presumably in NYC or its immediate environs). The three incidents they're referring to involving a Waymo, for reference: https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/san-francisco-fata... https://www.azfamily.com/2025/09/14/1-person-killed-multi-ca... https://abc7news.com/post/police-chase-san-francisco-waymo-p...