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by tlb 4483 days ago
The current fatal crash rate for human drivers is about 1 per 100,000,000 miles, and the injury crash rate is around 1 per 1,200,000 miles. 300,000 miles with 1 accident doesn't prove much.
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Where did you find that statistic?
Best presentation, but just for one state at a time. Utah is typical: http://s3.amazonaws.com/zanran_storage/des.utah.gov/ContentP...

National data, but only for fatal accidents: https://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/transportation/... Articles 1103 and 1106.

More detailed source of national fatality data: http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx