It’s National Trivia Day on 4 January so we thought what better way to celebrate than by sharing some little-known facts about both cars and insurance…
- You can get fined up to £5,000 if you splash someone and you’re driving in a way that demonstrates ‘a clear act of incompetence, selfishness, impatience and aggressiveness’.
- Grey is Britain’s most popular new car colour.
- Mercedes Benz not only patented the airbag in 1971 but also were the first to fit a driver’s airbag and front passenger’s airbag as standard in all of the brand’s models in 1994.
- Director Michael Bay has sent at least 354 cars to scrapyards during the making of his films.
- Karl Benz is credited with inventing the first automobile (in 1886).
- The first insurance contract was signed all the way back in 1347.
- The Great Fire of London inspired the invention of fire and house insurance.
- As of 2024, the average cost of UK car insurance is £861.
- The UK car insurance industry is valued at around £19.1 billion.
- The UK insurance industry is the largest in Europe and fourth largest in the world.
Do you have any further fun facts to share about cars or insurance?
Sources
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/drivers-warned-5-000-fines-174900866.html
https://media.smmt.co.uk/new-car-colours-2023
https://www.scrapcarcomparison.co.uk/blog/dangerous-directors/
https://group.mercedes-benz.com/company/tradition/company-history/1885-1886.html
https://www.denniswatkins.co.uk/articles/a-brief-history-of-insurance/
https://www.confused.com/car-insurance/guides/has-car-insurance-gone-up
https://www.uswitch.com/car-insurance/car-insurance-statistics/
