According to the traffic police, there were 91,225 accidents in 9 months of this year that resulted in deaths or injuries. Most often they occur due to traffic violations by drivers, and the share of accidents caused by car breakdown is traditionally low at 4.7%.
And this despite the fact that the technical inspection has been canceled for many cars since the beginning of 2022.
Specialists from the insurance company “Soglasie” studied the data on OSAGO and found that more accidents occurred with newer cars than with older models.
By 2022, cars younger than 5 years were involved in accidents more often than others. This category has the highest accident rate – 7.35%, and for cars over 25 years old – 3.77%.
The accident frequency of cars between these age groups is at the level of average values:
- from 5 to 10 years – 5.77%
- from 11 to 14 – 5.19%
- from 15 to 19 – 5.06%
- from 20 to 24 – 4.58%.
It appears that as the car gets older, the risk of an accident decreases.
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According to the car insurer, most emergencies are the drivers of Volkswagen Polo, Hyundai Solaris and Kia Rio. They turned out to be “leaders” in two categories at once: they were most often involved in an accident, and more often than others crashed cars in the “total”.
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