Waymo publishes 6.1-million-mile autonomous-driving safety record
Waymo published every actual and simulated contact found across more than 6.1 million autonomous miles in Phoenix, including 65,000 driverless miles. The 47 contacts included none expected to cause severe or life-threatening injury, and a companion paper documented the safety framework used for deployment decisions.
Why it moved the index
The research supplied operational safety evidence and a documented readiness process for a consequential Level 4 system already serving the public, strengthening transparency and control rather than relying on benchmarks alone. Company-authored data, counterfactual simulation, and a bounded Phoenix operating domain limit magnitude and confidence, while the separately dated public deployment verifies practical impact.
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Assessment history
- R1Away 29 · confidence 88
New October 2020 primary safety research with separately verified public-deployment impact absent from the durable corpus.
11 Aug 2026