Confused.com Reveals the Unluckiest Make of Car

CARDIFF, Wales, June 6, 2011 -

Confused.com has revealed the unluckiest make of car in the UK by looking
at 12 months' worth of customers quotes and finding out which make and model
had the highest accident rates.

Top of the list was Honda's FR-V six-seater. 2,529 owners of this vehicle
made 466 accident claims in the past five years. That's a claim rate of 18.4
per cent, or almost one in five.

Next came Volvo's XC90. Of the 3,886 drivers of this model who bought
cover through Confused.com, 619 made claims for accidents - a rate of 15.9
per cent.

The Lexus RX had a claim rate of 15.5 per cent (574 claims out of 3,701
drivers), followed by the Mazda 5 (15.3 per cent, or 373 out of 2,431).

Also in the top 10 vehicles for claims were Honda's Jazz and CR-V models,
Volkswagen's Touran, the Hyundai Santa, the Toyota Rav and the Mazda 3. Each
had a rate of about one accident claim for every seven vehicles insured
through insurers on the Confused.com panel.

Confused.com also looked at which cars were least likely to be involved
in accident claims.

Apparently the 'safest' of all was the Mazda 2 TS TD - out of a total of
1,076 owners, only nine accident claims were recorded in the last five years.
That makes a claims rate of less than one in 100.

Also hovering around the 1 per cent claims-rate mark were Nissan's
Skyline, the Ford Focus RS and the Fiat Cinquecento.

Confused.com's head of car insurance (www.confused.com/), Gareth
Kloet said: "Car accidents are rarely a result of mechanical failures: they
are more often caused by human error or just bad fortune. It could be that
drivers of this model happen to be more careless or reckless than other
motorists. Or it could simply be that this group of road users has been
particularly unlucky in the period when the data was collected."

Confused.com's statistics show just a snapshot of accident-related claims
made by owners of a particular make and model of vehicle. So it is worth
stressing that if one particular car appears to have a relatively high rate
of claims, it does not follow that this vehicle is inherently more dangerous
than others.

This research reflects only the experience of Confused.com customers:
other companies' figures could show different trends.

About Confused.com:

Confused.com is one of the UK's biggest and most popular car insurance
price comparison services. Launched in 2002, it generates over one million
quotes per month. Specialist car insurance products covered also include
student car insurance (www.confused.com/car-insurance/student), new
drivers car insurance (www.confused.com/car-insurance/new-driver) and
cover for modified cars (www.confused.com/car-insurance/modified). It
has expanded its range of comparison products over the last couple of years
to include home insurance, travel insurance, pet insurance, van insurance,
motorbike insurance, breakdown cover and energy, as well as financial
services products including credit cards, loans, mortgages and life
insurance.

Confused.com is not a supplier, insurance company or broker. It provides
a free, objective and unbiased comparison service. By using cutting-edge
technology, it has developed a series of intelligent web-based solutions that
evaluate a number of risk factors to help customers with their
decision-making, subsequently finding them great deals on a wide-range of
insurance products, financial services, utilities and more. Confused.com's
service is based on the most up-to-date information provided by UK suppliers
and industry regulators.

Confused.com is owned by the Admiral Group plc. Admiral listed on the
London Stock Exchange in September 2004. Confused.com is regulated by the
FSA.

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