Top ten professions most likely to cause a car crash

If you are a lifeguard or surgeon - look out, your car insurance could be about to get more expensive, because according to a new survey, these are the professionals most likely to cause a crash. Astrologers and, surprise surprise, driving instructors, are among those least likely to cause accidents, the research by moneysupermarket.com found.  Richard Mason, of moneysupermarket.com, said: "If there is any logic to it, astrologers, watchmakers and chimney sweeps should be paying a lot less than systems analysts, insurance inspectors and statisticians." Find out if you are in the list of best and worst drivers below.

The highest and lowest percentage of people within each profession who have had an accident that was their fault:

Most likely are:

1. Lifeguard - 13.79 per cent

2. Tobacconist - 13.64 per cent

3. Doctor/ GP - 12.96 per cent

4. Surgeon 12.76 per cent

5. Systems Analyst 12.59 per cent

6. Psychiatrist 12.55 per cent

7. Gynaecologist 12.5 per cent

8. Insurance Inspector 12.44 per cent

9. Psychologist 12.33 per cent

10. Meteorologist 12.26 per cent

Least likely are:

1. Astrologer 1.75 per cent

2. Watchmaker 2.05 per cent

3. Driving examiner 2.63 per cent

4. Chimney sweep 2.67 per cent

5. Boilerman 3.21 per cent

6. Actor 3.33 per cent

7. Mobile hairdresser 3.4 per cent

8. Driving instructor 3.49 per cent

9. Promoter 3.6 per cent

10. Gravedigger 3.83 per cent

Comments

[Archie]

Presumably the astrologers see the accidents coming and avoid them, while the lifeguards wait for an accident to happen then try to save the victims ?

[Neil McCaul]

Curious that, as an actor, and therefore one of the lowest risk professions liable to cause an accident, I have been refused car insurance by every major insurer on the grounds that I'm a dangerous proposition.

[Tom]

oh dear im in there at number 5. no wonder my car insurance is so high! Perhaps I should go back to uni & study gravedigging.

[G Rawson]

From what I read I would have to say that police drivers must be in the top five or so. They travel around with no regard for the speed limit because they are almost always let off even if they are reported

[Steve to buy car insurance online]

Those are some amazing statistics. I would have never thought that. I find it interesting that insurance inspector is right up there too.