Drivers hitting the car in front.INSURANCE company Admiral ADMIRAL, officer. In some countries is the commander in chief of the naval forces. This office does not exist in the United States. has calculated there are 420,000 rear-end bumps in the UK each year - accounting for a quarter of all road accidents. While the percentage of UK motorists having road accidents has been falling steadily for several years, the number of accidents where one vehicle hits another in the rear has not followed this trend. It suggests many motorists are not paying enough attention to the road ahead. Admiral estimates that rear-end accidents cost the insurance industry pounds 500m a year. This is not only for car repairs or total loss, but also for personal injury claims. An average of one in ten rear-end accidents result in whiplash whiplash n. a common neck and/or back injury suffered in automobile accidents (particularly from being hit from the rear) in which the head and/or upper back is snapped back and forth suddenly and violently by the impact. claims from the occupants of the car. Whiplash costs insurers pounds 1.9bn a year and accounts for 75% of all injury claims. The insurance company claims many whiplash injury whiplash injury n. A hyperextension-hyperflexion injury to the cervical spine caused by an abrupt jerking movement of the head, either in a backward or forward direction. claims are fraudulent. |
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