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Top tech stats: Driverless cars, Brexit’s impact on digital exports & more

Technology stats

Welcome to your round up of some of the past week’s most interesting surveys, statistics and reports relevant to those involved in the UK tech industry.

This week, we have statistics relating to driverless cars, cybersecurity skills, the shortage of computer science graduates, management roles and the impact of Brexit on digital exports.

Driverless cars

New research by Global Positioning Specialists (GPS) has revealed the UK loses over $28bn GDP to traffic accidents each year.

However, the figures found driverless car technology could reduce these losses by up to $25bn a year.

Similarly, the US loses over $340bn GDP to traffic accidents every year. This is the largest amount lost in the world, but could be reduced by over $306bn through the use of driverless technology....