So many people are faking whiplash these days after a crash, that the government has decided to poke around and see if things can be brought under control.  It's main aim is to being down insurance premiums.  The ABI has said that reports of whiplash have soared by nearly one quarter in the last four years and cost around £2 billion annually, despite the number of road accidents falling.  1 in 10 claims are bogus.  1,500 people claim every day with 70% of people in an accident claiming to ha...
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NEW figures released show that the number of road accidents has fallen by a third in the last 10 years, but accidents in the busiest areas of Britain - London and south-east England - have risen slightly according to a report from Post Office Car Insurance.

Overall, the number of road accidents reported by police fell from just over 229,000 in 2001 to 151,474 in 2011.

The biggest decrease was in north-west England where the number fell 44%, while the West Midlands saw a decrease of 40%. But th...
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TOUR DE FRANCE cycling champion and Olympic gold medallist Bradley Wiggins is recovering in hospital after a collision with a vehicle.

Wiggins, 32, was thrown off his bike when a white Vauxhall Astra Envoy is thought to have pulled out of a petrol station and collided with him.

A police source said his injuries from the crash were thought to be very serious at first, but later it appeared he suffered a number of broken ribs and cuts and bruises.

The accident happened at about 6pm yesterday in Wr...
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Almost half a million car crashes are the result of drivers losing control after late goals, according to new research.

Insurance company More Than says research suggests football fans lose control at the wheel when they hear their team score, a problem termed Final Score Syndrome.

"With the Premier League coming to a thrilling conclusion a lot of fans will either be suffering joy or despair this weekend," said Pete Markey, from More Than.

"Sunday in particular could prove a peak da...

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It's a parking manoeuvre 67-year old Ralph Hudson will never forget, when he mistakenly pressed the accelerator instead of the brake pedal and nearly plunged seven stories to the ground through a car park's brick wall.

Luckily for Mr Hudson his Mercedes C-Class was left dangling half out of the wall and he was able to get out of the car. The cars below were not so fortunate and seven were badly damaged by the falling bricks.

Mr Hudson was parking in the Bank of America car park in Tuls...

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Learner flips car on roof

Learner driver Krisztina Jaksa ended her second driving lesson by crawling out of an upside down car.

The bizarre accident happened in Headington, near Oxford, when the 24-year-old was crossing a junction.

The BSM Fiat 500 she was driving hit a gatepost then flipped onto its roof, smashing the side windows and windscreen. When local resident Ross Dunne heard a crash he rushed to the scene and helped Ms Jaksa out of the car; the instructor was already ge...

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