Increase in number of bad luck and accidents on Flemish roads

Posted on 20-10-2013 at 9:53 by maru – 7 Comments”

Our neighbors have a hard time with the autumn weather.

In september and October, there were 10% more breakdowns in comparison with the previous three years. The number of accidents increased by as much as 20%.

This is according to figures from the VAB-road service. We have a beautiful septembermaand had, causing more motorists to get out pulled and there is, therefore, more classical breakdowns help was invoked. In October decided to Pluvius are damage to catch up to us to treat a large amount of water, with accidents (and therefore heavier morning – and avondspitsen).

In addition to the alarming increase of accidents, it was mainly ignition problems (+16%) and flat tyres (+12%) for which the VAB had to pluck up. The weekend is calmer with -7% on Saturday and -2% on Sunday, but Tuesday and Wednesday to make this again with a rise of 13%. Monday remains the busiest day, particularly by battery problems, because cars have no desire to after the weekend to bake.

“If one car breaks down on the road to avoid, they drive best with custom tires”, explains Zvezde Klingenberg, Country Manager of Tirendo. “Now that it’s still relatively hot, summer tyres, but as soon as the mercury is below 7 degrees celsius, one can also in the Benelux for winter tyres to choose.”