Who is at fault if a driverless car has an accident? With technology companies like Google, Uber, Tesla and Intel working on driverless cars, and manufacturers like Nissan currently testing them on UK roads, it feels like it is now inevitable that sometime in the not-too-distant future our roads will be dominated by self-driving cars. A recent survey has also found that UK drivers are becoming more welcoming of driverless cars, but despite the ongoing work to develop the technology there is one question that still needs to be answered: who is at fault if a driverless car has an accident? A Google self-driving car in action One of the apparent advantages of self-driving cars is that they would be a 'safer' option, and so far the statistics bear that out. However, accidents will never be completely eradicated from our roads - and as if to prove that point one of Google's driverless cars had an accident just last month. The accident happened in California, US, and involved the self-driving car pulling out in front of a bus that was travelling at 15mph. As a road traffic accident it is pretty unremarkable, but because it involved a self-driving car it does…