Accidents

Child seat mistakes can be fatal

Leading online insurance broker, InsureYourMotor.com, is today warning of the severe insurance implications surrounding the topical subject of ill-fitting child car seats. Around two-thirds of child car seats are wrongly fitted, leading to thousands of injuries and deaths in car crashes. Recent ... read more
Date - 01/04/2004
Category - Accidents

A 'white' off?

Whilst road traffic accidents ruin lives, many accidents can ruin businesses. The unprecedented increase in the number of ‘White Van Men’ on the UK’s roads is a testimony to the number of new businesses in this sector. InsureYourMotor.com recently carried out a survey of its ‘White Van’ customers ... read more
Date - 01/05/2003
Category - Accidents

One in seven accidents involve motorcycles

One in seven accidents involve motorcycles warns David Harlow of InsureYourMotor.com the UK’s premiere online insurance broker. InsureYourMotor.com warns that despite forming only 1% of road traffic, motorcyclists account for 14% (one in seven) of road deaths and serious injuries. The casualty ra ... read more
Date - 11/04/2003
Category - Accidents

98% of Convicted dangerous drivers are men

For many years the battle of the sexes has been dominated by one question; which sex is the better driver? Recently released statistics from leading online insurance broker GirlMotor.com have confirmed what women have known and men have dreaded for a long time, the girls have the upper hand when it ... read more
Date - 04/04/2003
Category - Accidents

Motorbikes cause increase in inner city accidents

The latest travel statistics show that more and more people are using motorbikes as a way to beat the traffic jams and congestion charges in central London. Unfortunately, that trend has been accompanied by an increase in the number of accidents involving motorbikes, mopeds and scooters. Despite ... read more
Date - 27/03/2003
Category - Accidents

Unisured drivers push insurance premiums higher & higher

Staggering figures, disclosed by the UK’s premiere online motor insurance bureau InsureYourMotor.com, show that uninsured drivers are pushing up insured drivers’ premiums from anything between £15-£30 per policy, per year. According to recent DfT Transport Statistics, there are approximately 28 mill ... read more
Date - 13/02/2003
Category - Accidents

72% of motorists wouldn't know how to act following a road traffic accident!

Leading online motor insurance broker InsureYourMotor.com warns that over 72% of motorists are unsure of what to do in the case of motor accident. InsureYourMotor.com gained these startling figures following an independent survey of motorists insured. As the current weather conditions are making ... read more
Date - 20/01/2003
Category - Accidents

Survive the hard shoulder with InsureYourMotor.com

More than 250 people are killed on the hard shoulder of Britain’s motorways each year, whilst waiting for breakdown assistance! Leading motor insurance broker InsureYourMotor.com states that 12% of all deaths occurring on Britain’s motorways, happen on the hard shoulder. Of those, 250 incidents o ... read more
Date - 10/01/2003
Category - Accidents