Highways Better than Small Roads

A new study from moneysupermarket.com has found that accidents occur more often closer to home on small roads than they do on major highways. The car insurance report says that British drivers are six times more likely to have an accident by their house than further away on a busy highway.

The study found that single lane roads are the second most risky region for drivers – and that 25% of their drivers have had some sort of accident on one. It also says that close to a third of drivers has had an accident very close to their home.

As road size and traffic increase, the risk of accident decreases. Strangely enough, 23% of car insurance claims have come from those having an accident on a smaller road, with only 5% having reported one on a major highway.

The study says that they believe these numbers come from drivers so used to driving the roads closer to their homes that they are not as attentive while driving as they are on the major highways. However, the accidents that they have on the major highways, will usually result in a larger car insurance claim as those that are a result of high speeds will have more damage to the car than those on a smaller road, where high speeds are not as likely.

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