Autonomous vehicles generally have a lower risk of accidents than those driven by humans, however, there are some notable exceptions, according to a new analysis. US researchers from the University of Central Florida found that automated vehicles are significantly more likely to be involved in accidents at dusk and when turning. Their findings were published in the scientific journal Nature Communications. Researchers Mohamed Abdel-Aty and Shengxuan Ding analysed over 37,000 accidents, including 2,100 involving highly or semi-automated vehicles. In semi-automated cars, a driver is always requi…