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I haven't done any deep research on the topic but know of several specific fatal cases off the top of my head. It's not like someone dies every day, but for every reported case there are probably many that don't get reported as such.

The much more common case is getting stuck and needing a rescue. Google maps is absolutely terrible at dirt roads. It will confidently give you directions that make absolutley no sense once you get away from pavement. It never got me stuck anywhere, but easily could have many times if I had been less cautious. Nowadays I know to ignore those directions in less developed areas.

I think the broader point is that driving navigation tech is getting fairly good at happy path cases but is woefully underdeveloped outside of that.