car accident
Wise Insurance Quotes Survey Reveals Three-Quarters of Drivers Admit to Accidents
A new Wise Insurance Quotes survey shows that almost three quarters of all drivers admit to being in a car accident.
Almost three out of...
Study : obese face higher risk of dying in a car crash
Obese people face a much higher risk -- of up to 80 per cent -- of dying in a car collision compared with people...
Insurance fraud : Police arrested three in ‘cash for crash’ raids
Three men have been arrested in the Lancashire area as part of an ongoing investigation into ‘cash for crash’ activity.
The raids, which were made...
Car insurance : the 4th of July independance day is the most dangerous driving holiday
According to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company claims data, vehicle crashes are more likely on the 4th of July than on other major...
Car insurance : Men and women even crash differently
Men and women may continue to argue about who are the better drivers, but one area where there is a clear difference between the...
Fradulent car crashes staged costs insurance companies £350 million every year
Fradulent car crashes staged by criminal gangs are costing insurance companies £350 million every year, it has been claimed.
"Crash for cash" cons are becoming...
Too much of a rush lead motorists having more accident
A third of all UK motorists admit to driving without being able to see out of their windscreen properly during wintry weather, a situation...
New Year road accidents to “double” as 14.5million extra cars hit rush hour
The number of accidents on UK roads could more than double on Monday and Tuesday (4th & 5th January), as millions of extra cars...
Crash for cash could impact on innocent people
The rise in the number of crash for cash scams that are blighting insurers could mean those who have real accidents are treated with...
“Crash for cash” scammers earn an average of £16,000 per accident
"Crash for cash" scammers earn an average of £16,000 per "accident", according to the body set up to combat this type of fraud.
Richard Davies,...
One million Brits would consider ‘staging’ a car accident to claim on cover
Desperate Brits are being driven to extreme measures behind the wheel because of the recession, according to moneysupermarket.com. Research from the UK's price comparison...
Rear-end accidents cost the insurance industry over £500 million a year
Rear-end accidents are by far the most common type of accident on British roads. Car insurance Admiral has calculated there are over 420,000 rear-end bumps in the UK each year*, and they account for one in four of all road accidents.
