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Capital's roads are better than average
publication date: Nov 11, 2008
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author/source: Robin Roberts
Drivers in Cardiff run one of the lowest risks of getting their windscreens broken by flying stones from poorly maintained roads, according to incident statistics.
A study of insurance claims by Auto Windscreens polled Britain's top cities to discover where motorists are most likely to fall victim to windscreen damage.
It was found that three of the top ranking cities fall into those regions with the least spend on new construction and improvement for local roads.
The research showed that Hull is where most drivers fall victim to chipped windscreens with drivers nine times more likely to get a chip in Hull than in London.
In second place was Leicester, closely followed by Coventry, then Brighton.
In Cardiff, drivers were four times less likely to suffer chipped windscreens than in Hull. London is the least likely place drivers will experience damage to their windscreens, reflecting the fact that the city benefits from the greatest council spend on local roads.
The study sample of over 54,000 insurance claim call-outs by Auto Windscreens is based on the proportion of people in each city requiring a repair to a windscreen over the past 12 months.
The research also follows a report released this month concerning council spend which revealed how councils spend a greater amount financing compensation claims than they do on repairing the cracks in our roads.
The report saw town hall leaders argue that the £53million paid out to motorists last year could have been spent repairing more than a quarter of the estimated 3.5million holes in English and Welsh roads.
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