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The Two Most Common Vehicle Accidents

By Jeff Mohr The Two Most Common Vehicle Accidents. We take a lesson from well documented fleet vehicle accidents you’ll find that the two most frequent vehicle accidents for fleets are: 1. Getting Hit While Parked and 2. The Rear End Collision. For fleet vehicles in 2006, being hit while parked constituted 23.5% of the reported claims and getting rear ended accounted for 11.3%. This was sourced from Business Fleet, October - 2007. So, do you think the accident statistics for the average consumer are any different? I doubt it. Fleet vehicles drive millions of miles each year and, with well documented logs, it probably holds true for all drivers on the highway today. So what do we know about being hit while parked? Here’s a few statistics the experts at superbumper.com have compiled about getting hit while parked; 14% of all claims for auto damage involve parking lot collisions; 80% of bumper scratches occur during parking – usually by the “other guy” and an estimated 30% of drivers fee