According to research from Britannia Rescue a staggering five million British Drivers are currently driving unsafe vehicles. To put this into perspective, this is around one quarter of all motorists. One possible explanation for this is the theory that motorists are holding onto older vehicles longer in order to benefit from the Governments scrappage scheme. In addition, 1 in 5 of the drivers surveyed is actually aware of the state of their vehicles.

Britannia Rescue who owned by LV car insurance have identified that worn tyres, defective car breaks, faulty exhausts, broken wing mirrors and front and rear lights are the most common issues. The reasons given for not repairing vehicles includes affordability or unable to spare the time to arrange repairs.

Unfortunately motorists do not realise that they are potentially invalidating their car insurance as it is condition that vehicles must be maintained. There are also strict laws governing the state of repairs and driving a faulty vehicle can result in 3 points added to a driving license in addition to a fine if caught.

The most alarming statistic of all is the fact that damaged cars were responsible for 1 in 30 fatal motoring crashes in 2008 and 2,500 accidents.