Waymo has taken a responsible approach to self-driving (level 5 only, Lidar) over Tesla's collateral reduction approach. Lidar gives you exact distance to obstacles around it. Given those 2 factors, I expect Waymo to have an inbuilt hard-stop for when it is on collision course inside of braking distance.

I expect it to be friendlier to bikers and pedestrians than human drivers.

As a biker, most of close calls are due to impatient drivers who try to overtake me through close calls and when they enter turns without looking first. AFAIK, Self-driving cars do not initiate same-lane overtakes and can be hardcoded to be paragons of patience.

With how hostile American drivers are towards bikers, self-driving cars would need Skynet-esque malice towards us to match those injury rates.