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Driver behaviour still at the root of most car accidents and claims

2nd May 2014

By: Irma Venter

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

  

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“The motor insurance claims trends have shown that driver behaviour still contributes to more than 60% of road accidents and 80% of all motor insurance claims are accident related in South Africa,” says South African Short-Term Insurance Association insurance risks GM Vivienne Pearson.

“This is alarming because of high claim ratios, and, considering that only 35% of the more than ten-million vehicles on South African roads are insured, the result is that motor insurance is becoming expensive.”

According to the International Transport Forum’s (ITF’s) 2013 ‘Road Safety Report’, road accidents cost the South African economy an estimated R300-billion a year.

In 2011, the ITF revealed that South Africa’s accident rate, coupled with the number of fatalities, was the worst out of a total of 36 countries surveyed.

“Should the unacceptably high number of motor vehicle claims in South Africa continue, insurance premiums could become unaffordable for the ordinary person,” warns Pearson.

“What is further of serious concern for the industry is the fact that the number of vehicles on our roads is increasing.”

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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