Perhaps leading cause of premature death or leading cause of accidental death or leading cause in demographics who are otherwise unlikely to die, but they are nowhere close to the top of the overall list.
But not because of a lack of visual information.
Most of the time it's a la k of concentration or an overestimation of one's own driving abilities.
Unless Teslas have something similar to the human brain cameras are not enough.
Not even close, really. A bit under 1%. You are more likely to die from an overdose, or suicide. And much, much, much more likely to die from cancer or heart disease.
And that is without getting into the trade-offs. Cars at least have a significant utility value, which is not true of suicide, opiate addiction, cancer, or heart disease. We should try to reduce traffic deaths, but we should not lose perspective.
AI is nowhere near that.
We do not. Humans are terrible at driving. Traffic accidents are one of the leading causes of death in the developed world. Billions of dollars of property damage occur every year because humans are not up to the task. A self driving system that is as safe as an average human driver would be an absolute failure.