The 10 most common reasons for car crashes
Everyone likes to think they’re a good driver and that they’re not going to be involved in a crash. But according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI), every year around three million people claim on their car insurance, sometimes for theft or vandalism, but usually because of some kind of collision. It doesn’t help that we’re all busier than ever and so are our roads; as we rush from one place to another it’s inevitable that crashes will happen. UK roads are among the safest in the world but there are around 30 million vehicles registered in the UK, and each year more than one in 10 of those will be the subject of a claim. Do the sums and you’ll see that with more than three million claims annually, that works out at more than 8,000 each day or nearly 60,000 per week. So how can you make sure that you don’t end up on the receiving end of a pile of forms to fill in? A decent clue is given here; the 10 most common reasons why car crashes happen in the UK, according to the Department for Transport (DfT). Be careful out there…