Pedestrians and cyclists most over ridden after vacation

Posted on 26-11-2015 at 9:41 am by CasperH – 27 Comments”

There were perhaps less accidents with cars last year, but we reason more pedestrians and cyclists over.

This is evident from the Risicomonitor Movement of the Dutch association of Insurers. That Covenant has had an analysis made of millions of claims in the past five years were submitted. It is shown that there 462.000 claims received for damages in accidents in which a car was involved in 2014. That is less than about the year 2013, at a time when there are around 483,000 claims came in. The analysis thus shows that there are less accidents where cars are involved. Good news, but there is also bad news.

The total number of claims is perhaps decreased, but the number of claims on collisions with cyclists (stop agree with appen! Learn even cycling!) and pedestrians went right up. In 2010, there were 9700 claims, but in 2014 that number increased to 10,400. On average per week, there were about 200 collisions with cyclists and pedestrians, but in the weeks after the summer holidays, that number increased to 250-280 accidents weekly. Even after other holidays, there are peaks, but which are smaller and last shorter than the peak of six weeks after the summer holidays can be observed.

Further, a setting sun a huge ongevallenaanjager: with a low sun in the morning, there have been 20% more accidents, which equates to approximately 500 (!) additional collisions. During the evening rush hour, in particular, take the accidents on local roads. Also, there are more collisions with cyclists, pedestrians and animals.

Most of the claims were submitted in the super unsafe Noord-Brabant and Limburg. Groningen and Drenthe are the provinces where the least accidents happen, but that is logical because there lives no man to face to drive.

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