Facts and Figures about Road Accidents

• Traffic Accidents account for the largest single cause of death and injury for young adults.
  Roadcraft, The Police Drivers Handbook
• If you have had an accident in one 3 year period, you are twice as likely to have another accident in the next 3 years.
  Roadcraft, The Police Drivers Handbook
• A driver attitude which predisposes them to greater risk is the illusion of control, or over-estimating their ability.
  Roadcraft, The Police Drivers Handbook
• Drivers who speed often (ie. exceed the speed limit) have about 3 times the accident risk of those who speed infrequently.
  Roadcraft, The Police Drivers Handbook
• In more than 90% of traffic accidents, human error is the cause; accidents do not just happen by chance, they are the consequence of unsafe driving practice.
  Roadcraft, The Police Drivers Handbook
• Accidents on single carriageways are four times more likely to be fatal as those on Motorways.
  Daily Telegraph Motoring Section, By Paul Ripley, Saturday 18 May 1996
• Familiarity with a particular stretch of road doesn't appear to help reduce accidents: a majority happen within five miles of home.
  Daily Telegraph Motoring Section, By Paul Ripley, Saturday 18 May 1996

Statistics about Drivers who have taken the Advanced Driving Test

• The accident rate for all drivers in the UK was 2 or 3 times higher than for those who took the IAM test (passed and failed).
  Transport Research Laboratory Report LR499 dated 1972
• When Advanced Drivers are involved in accidents, their cars, and those of others, are written off less often.
  Report "The Accident Liabilities of Advanced Drivers" commissioned by General Accident plc in 1991.
• When Advanced Drivers are involved in accidents, Advanced Drivers are less often at fault.
  Report "The Accident Liabilities of Advanced Drivers" commissioned by General Accident plc in 1991.
  
• When Advanced Drivers are involved in accidents, they have fewer accidents with pedestrians and two wheelers.
  Report "The Accident Liabilities of Advanced Drivers" commissioned by General Accident plc in 1991.
• When Advanced Drivers are involved in accidents, less injuries occur and, of those, less serious injuries.
  Report "The Accident Liabilities of Advanced Drivers" commissioned by General Accident plc in 1991.
  
• The safest cars are those driven by the safest drivers so tuition in 'defensive driving' techniques is the most reliable safety measure of all.
  Daily Telegraph Motoring Section, Saturday 19 August 1995
• If everybody drove according to the book (Roadcraft), there would be few accidents.
  Sunday Times Motoring Supplement, Sunday 6 November 1994