In a new blog post on Thursday, Chris Urmson, director of Google Inc GOOG 16.05% GOOGL 16.26%’s self-driving car project, disclosed that, for the third time in recent weeks, one of the company’s fleet of 23 self-driving Lexus prototypes was involved in a minor traffic accident. Three Google employees were sent to the hospital after suffering minor whiplash, but none were admitted.

Hard Miles

According to the blog post, the Google vehicle was stopped at a red light when it was rear-ended by another motorist. Google has been developing self-driving cars since 2009, and reports that its vehicles have logged more than 1 million test miles in recent years.

The most recent incident is the first that has involved injuries to Google employees, but it is the 14th time that Google’s self-driving vehicles have been involved in traffic accidents.

Perfect Record

Despite the hard knocks, Urmson reports…

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