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You may have heard the urban myth that red cars are most likely to crash or are most often pulled over by law enforcement. Indeed, statistics show that certain factors are relevant to car safety. You want a vehicle with excellent crash test outcomes and a good safety record, but even the most popular cars end up in accidents.

Car Color and Related Risk

You may be surprised to learn that vehicle color has been found to be a contributing factor to accidents.

Black

Your chances of being involved in a crash go way up with a black vehicle, perhaps because black is harder to see, especially in the evening hours. Black also has a tendency to blend into the background. But in spite of these hard and fast facts, fashionable black continues to be one of the most popular color choices.

Grey

Any shade of grey can make you more prone to accidents. While not quite as dangerous as their black brethren, studies prove you are about 10 or more percent likely to get in a wreck while driving a grey car.

Red

Flashy, with drivers prone to seeing flashing lights from cop cars in the rear-view mirror more often, but what about car wrecks? Rosy tones do not get in as many accidents as black and grey cars, but still are worth an honorable mention. If your automobile is red, you have a 7% higher chance of being in a collision.

Car Types Most Often Involved in Accidents

Color is not the only feature that affects risk, vehicle type is also important. Generally, modern micro cars with four doors take the number one spot, while sports cars are more dangerous than larger vehicles. Insurify Insights analyzed over 2 million insurance applications to find out which models have the highest percentage of wrecks. The following models have the highest incidents of being involved in accident:

• Infiniti Q50
• Subaru Crosstrek
• Subaru WRX
• Hyundai Elantra GT
• Subaru Impreza

Fatal Accidents

Some vehicles have attributes that make them more likely to be connected to accident fatalities. This lists the top auto brands most frequently involved in accidents that result in a death.

Ford

For decades, this brand has been boasting about having the best-selling trucks in the country, but there is no honor in topping this list. The brand comprised 22% of fatal crashes in the U.S.

Chevrolet

Toyota outsells Chevy, and yet there were over 2,800 more fatal accidents involving Chevy than Toyota.

Toyota

Maybe the fact that the Camry can get from 0 to 60 miles an hour in 5.8 seconds is not such a good thing when it comes to car accidents.

Honda

The brand with the wildly popular Civic, Honda is the only top 5 car maker that had 5 or more fatal car wrecks in every U.S. state.

Dodge

Brings up the rear with the distinction of having 10% of the country’s total fatal accidents.

Putting safety data aside, after a wreck, you may find yourself asking what happened. While color, make and model play a role, invariably most wrecks are caused by negligent drivers. And when you are injured, you have the added hassle of doing battle with the at-fault driver’s insurance company.

Most accident victims settle for far too little compensation for their injuries and pain and suffering. Fortunately, you don’t have to face the large insurance companies alone. An expert negotiator will help you get the settlement you deserve, so talk to an experienced car accident attorney to see what your case is worth. You might be pleasantly surprised.