Automated Vehicle Safety and Deployment: Lessons from Human Crashes

Traffic crashes claim more than 36,000 lives every year in the US, with economic costs amounting to $836B. Automated Vehicles (AVs) promise to usher in a future with near-zero crashes. It seems likely that widespread deployment of AVs will eliminate the large number of crashes caused by impaired, distracted or reckless drivers. However, it is unclear whether AVs will be able to avoid a significant...