Never sure whether it is just clickbait but the BBC and other report this morning that an estimated 170,000 car insurance claims in 15 months are suspected to have been linked to "crash for cash" gangs.
The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) said that parts of Birmingham were the centre of these cases and insurers said the fraud cost meant premiums increased for all motorists.
They said there were 2.7 million motor insurance claims across the UK from October 2019 to the end of last year, of which 170,000 could be linked to suspected crash for cash networks. (The operative word appears to be 'COULD').
That said, the IFB said that it hoped that by pinpointing crash for cash hotspots, people would be encouraged to be vigilant as more drivers start to take to the roads. Those locations are listed below:
1. B25 Tyseley, Birmingham 2. B34 Shard End, Birmingham
3. B8 Saltley, Birmingham
4. BD7 Bradford
5. BD3 Bradford
6. WS1 Walsall
7. BB9 Blackburn
8. BD8 Bradford
9. B27 Acocks Green, Birmingham
10. RM18 Romford
11. B33 Lea Hall, Birmingham
12. WF13 Wakefield
13. BD15 Bradford
14. OL8 Oldham
15. HX1 Halifax
16. M8 Manchester
17. LS8 Leeds
18. N9 North London
19. WF16 Wakefield
20. LU3 Luton
21. WS2 Walsall
22. BD2 Bradford
23. BD5 Bradford
24. B11 Small Heath, Birmingham
25. HP12 High Wycombe
26. B28 Shirley, Solihull
27. RM8 Romford
28. LU4 Luton
29. IG3 Ilford
30. BD9 Bradford