I haven't had any crashing at all.
Regarding the AI pursuit vehicles, I don't see much improvement from 0.95, they're still very aggressive and extremely dangerous in their decisions. It gets to the point where I would consider terminating the pursuit because the AI cops are making the situation more dangerous for the public than the fleeing driver is.
The rest of 1.0 IMO works flawlessly and is far superior to 0.95. It's small things that matter, like being able to walk your prisoner around and seat them in your vehicle.