Telematics Data Confirms Speeders Are The Most Dangerous Drivers

When it comes to the most dangerous form of aggressive driving, speed stands above the rest as most likely to cause a crash.

Research from the University of Waterloo has found that speeding is more likely than hard braking, hard acceleration and hard cornering to cause a vehicle to crash.

The university combed through 28 million trips recorded with telematics data to see that speeding led to more crashes than the other riskier behaviours.

In fact, the other forms of aggressive driving were statistically insignificant when it came to collisions.

What does this mean for an insurance company? They should assess a driver’s risk based on how fast they drive.