According to a mathematical formula worked out by academics at Cambridge University, Monday 19th January is the worst day of the year for accidents. A combination of factors including the poor winter weather, long dark nights and cold temperatures make this time of year the worst for road traffic accidents and accidents at work.
Research by insurance company E-Sure has added further evidence that mid January is the peak time for road traffic accidents in the UK. Their figures show that motorists are more than twice as likely to report an accident in January compared with the rest of the year. Weather perhaps unsurprisingly plays a large part in many of these road accidents, with the past weekend having seen winds of 133mph in Scotland, 93mph in Wales and 106mph in Northern Ireland. Even today large parts of the UK have seen snowfalls; the Camps Solicitors offices in Birkenhead seeing some flurries this afternoon.
It is an unfortunate fact that in many road accidents at this time of year, there will be no-one to blame. However, if you have been involved in a road traffic accident that wasn’t your fault, either because you were a passenger, you were the driver of a vehicle that was hit or your vehicle hit ice on a road that should have been kept ice free by the authorities, then you might be able to make a claim.
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