Colour of the car Afecting the Proberbilaty of a colission... do you beleve that?

Question

i herd on the radio today that you are more likly to have a crash in a black or sliver car .. than in a white car .. also black and silver happen to be more common today .. so statistily speaking silver and black cars are more likly to be in crashes .. but not becouse of the colour .. beouse they are comon so there are more there to colide ... so all this about the diifernt colous having difernt visibilotys although is scientificly corect it is just a loda rubish

so my Q is what is your ve on this matter

PS i apolaguise for any missspelings please do not comment on them if you spot any as my Dr told me not to get angery lol

Answer 1

It's perfectly understandable, if there are more black and silver cars on the road then there is a greater chance of one of them being involved in a crash as there are more of them to crash.

White cars are not that common, so there is a small chance of them being in a crash because there is a smaller proportion of them.

I guess a black car may be more likely to crash at night becasue it blends in to the night more. A pink car would be less likely to be involved in a collision as many drivers would want to stay the hell away from it, especially if it was a man driving.

Answer 2

Well the short answer is yes, the colour of a car does affect the likeliehood of being involved in an accident. Insurance companies keep extensive actuarial records on this and it seems that Red, orange or yellow cars are safer than, for example, black ones. Pretty obvious really I suppose: why do you think police cars are no longer black? And telephone reair vans (Post Office Telephones as was) used to be dark green and are now brightly coloured.? It's not just fashion, it's safety. And yes, naturally the figures do take account of the fact that there more silver cars than orange ones etc.

Answer 3

A few years back it was a different colour so it is more than likely because there are more silver and black cars about
A few years ago my son had a red car it was involved in 3 accidents all of which when he was parked
One person reversed into him the damaged was fixed then another person drove into him a week after his car came out of the garage
He stopped at lights and a car just went straight into him writing the car off that time
So there seemed to be something about that red car Needless to say he hasn't had a red car since

Answer 4

A Swedish study found that pink cars are indeed safer, with black cars being most likely to be involved in crashes. This test also showed Saab to be the "safest car in Sweden [In terms of passive safety]" (Land transport NZ 2005).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_safety

Could you be experiencing this?
Anonymous:
In the UK, there is an urban myth that the traffic police play Automobile Snooker(AS). In the original game of snooker, a player tries to pot balls on a billiard table. After potting a red ball (which is worth one point) the player then tries to pot a coloured ball. You get two points for a yellow, three for green, four for brown, five for blue, six for pink and seven for black. If you pot the cue ball (which is white) you have four points taken away. Transferred to the open road this means that if your local police are playing AS, you are 15 times more likely to get a speeding ticket (there are 15 reds on a snooker table) if you have a red car than any other coloured car but white. If you have a white car, you're pretty unlikely to get pulled over.

http://www.colormatters.com/BBArchive/bubdarc2-car.html



But Getting Serious Here We Go:
A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Auckland, New Zealand indicates that there may be a link between car color and serious injuries as a result of car accidents. Their findings were published in the The British Medical Journal in December 2003.

The study involved accidents in New Zealand between 1998 and 1999. According to their findings, drivers of brown cars had the highest risk of sustaining serious injuries caused by auto accidents. Black and green cars also had elevated risks.

Which are the safest cars? Drivers of silver-colored cars, according to the report, have a 50% less chance of being involved in an injury-causing accident than do drivers of white cars! While the results are surprising, more studies need to be performed before we all rush out and repaint or replace our vehicles.
Here is the link to a description of the study:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/327/7429/1455

Answer 5

Yes. Also proven by the PA state police among others that a car with it's headlights on during the day is less probable to be in a colllision as well

Answer 6

Yellow is supposed to be the safest colour.More visible in bad weather.In bright sunshine a silver car will dazzle and at night a black car would be invisible.

Answer 7

Maybe this might stem from the fact that certain personality types have a affinity for certain colors. In any case, it is unfortunate that companies are making such broad decisions based on evidence that is not absolutely certain. This is happening more and more. It reminds me of "Minority Report."

Answer 8

Yes I heard that on the radio too, luckily my car is white and although I,ve had it for 6 years and no crashes some shits put a score down the side of it..................

Answer 9

No. I have a red car and someone runs into the back of it approx every 6 months!

Answer 10

Well, to digress a moment, there is a spell checker I see right above me and running MS word will sell check words in any field in any application

yes,colors draw attention.

Red catches your eye, catching your eye also means getting your attention.

Black is hard too see at night as are dark blues.

grey is hard to see at dusk.

This is really just " sit and think" common sense.