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The number of crashes on Britain’s roads involving foreign drivers rose for the fifth straight year in 2006, according to figures published by the Motor Insurers Bureau.
It’s claimed that the rise is due to increased numbers of European drivers moving to the UK (270,000 in the last six years). One in seven HGV drivers on the UK’s roads is registered in another EU country.
The MIB statistics show the number of accidents is rising in parallel to the rising number of vehicles on the roads.
Polish drivers came out worst, accounting for 16.6 per cent of all the claims between 2001 and 2006, but the largest increase in claims is for drivers from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
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