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Just How Safe Are UK Drivers?

HOW SAFE UK DRIVERSEI JUST SPEEDING 16% OF CAR DRIVERS IN THE UK EXCEED THE SPEED LIMITS EVERY DAY 25-34 MORE THAN £45 MILLION SPEED OFpeeding NES YEAR OLDS DAILY HAVE BEEN ISSUED OVER THE PAST MORE THAN ANY OTHER AGE RANGE 4 YEARS CIDENTS DRIVERS WHO HAVE ACCIDENTS BEEN INVOLVED IN RUADHE PAST YEAR CAR DRIVERS IN WALES 16% TEND TO BE INVOLVED IN MORE ROAD ACCIDENTS THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE UK 9% 7% 9% 12% 14% 15% 13% 22% 16% 11% 12% 60% OF FATALITIES OCCUR ON COUNTRY ROADS BUT DRIVERS ARE OBLIVIOUS TO THE RISKS "THIS ISN'T TO SAY THAT RURAL DRIVERS ARE NECESSARILY 'WORSE' AT DRIVING, BUT A MIX OF CONFIDENCE AND INCREASED RISK - WITH HIGHER SPEEDS, DARKER ROADS AND UNSEEN HAZARDS - ARE GENERALLY MORE COMMON ON RURAL ROADS LEADING TO INCREASED RISK OF COLLISION." DARREN LINDSEY, HEAD OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AT MICHELIN. DRIVING TEST YORKSHIRE & THE HUMBER PASSED FirstTĪME CONSIDERED THE MOST DIFFICULT PLACE TO PASS YOUR 54% 45% DRIVING TEST WITH 12% OF PEOPLE TAKING THEIR DRIVING TEST AT LEAST 4 TIMES 66% OF DRIVERS IN NORTHERN IRELAND PASSED FIRST TIME THE HIGHEST PASS RATE IN THE UK CAR MAINTENANCE IT IS SAID GENERAL CAR MAINTENANCE SUCH AS CHECKING OUR TYRE PRESSURE, LIGHTS & OIL SHOULD BE DONE WEEKLY buthow many ofus actually do this? 81% OF MEN DO NOT CHECK 91% OF WOMEN DO NOT CHECK E>>>> SAFETY OF 18-24 YEAR OLDS CONSIDER THEMSELVES 75% SAFE DRIVERS however... 23% OF 18-24 YEAR OLDS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A ROAD ACCIDENT in The pasl year 753 OF THEM NEVER WEAR A SEATBELT! MORE THAN ANY OTHER AGE RANGE 90% 10% OF PEOPLE AGED 45 -54 I AGED 45-54 CONSIDER THEMSELVES OF PEOPLE I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A SAFE ROAD DRIVERS I ACCIDENT in the past year I How often do you indicate? D 84% OF WOMEN ALWAYS 77% OF MEN ALWAYS USE THEIR INDICATORS USE THEIR INDICATORS NEVER USE THEM . 2% NEVER USE THEM 1% RARELY USE THEM.... 5% RARELY USE THEM... 3% SOMETIMES USE THEM .. 12% WHEN I REMEMBER.. 4% SOMETIMES USE THEM.. 7% WHEN I REMEMBER.... 5% OF DRIVERS ARE UNSURE WHETHER 8% THEY ARE SAFE DRIVERS OR NOT! OF UK DRIVERS DO NOT CONSIDER 14% THEMSELVES TO BE SAFE DRIVERS SOURCE STATISTICS SOURCED BY BESTCARFINDER IN 2015 BY SURVEYING 1000 UK DRIVERS WHO OWN A CAR ADDITIONAL SOURCES SPEEDING FINES HIT FOUR-YEAR HIGH DUE TO NEW DIGITAL CAMERAS. TELEGRAPH.CO.UK - SWINFORD, S. (2014) YOUNG DRIVERS NEARLY TWICE AS LIKELY TO CRASH ON RURAL ROADS. TELEGRAPH.CO.UK - WILLIAMS, D. (2013) YOUNG WELSH DRIVERS MORE LIKELY TO BE KILLED ON THE ROADS THAN REST OF UK. WALESONLINE.CO.UK - DOEL, J. (2014) VEHICLE MAINTENANCE, SAFETY AND SECURITY. GOV.UK (2015) BestCarFinder www.bestcarfinder.co.uk

Just How Safe Are UK Drivers?

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Statistics sourced by BestCarFinder in 2015, this infographic looks at just how safe UK drivers are on the roads of today. With it reported that at the end of December 2014 there were 35.6 million li...

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