The innovative self-driving car launched by Google earlier this year was recently involved in a minor accident in California, and while that's certainly an interesting development, what's most compelling about the story is that at the time the car was being driven by a human being.

Business Insider reports that the specially-outfitted Prius struck another Prius from behind, which caused a chain reaction of three other cars. Nobody was injured in the crash, which might ironically serve as an endorsement of self-driven automobiles.

"Safety is our top priority," a Google spokesperson told the news source. "One of our goals is to prevent fender-benders like this one, which occurred while a person was manually driving the car."

According to NBC Bay Area, Google also pointed out that similar self-driven cars have clocked an impressive 160,000 miles already without an incident.

Though driverless cars are certainly a far way off, for now motorists can get behind of the innovative cars like the Toyota Prius or the Chevrolet Volt by checking out New Jersey Auto Auction.