Insurance Payouts Resulting From Animal Collisions Increase

Wednesday, 22. October 2008

Animal damage is on the increase according to contract hire company Masterlease. During 2007 animal damage cost Masterlease customers nearly £100,000 after vehicles were in collision with a variety of animals from badgers, cattle, deer and pheasants to domestic cats and dogs. The most common collision was with deer, accounting for 28% of all animal collisions. Pheasants caused 21% and badgers 9%. However, the surprising big increase was accidents involving cattle which caused an average of £1,100 worth of damage to each vehicle. By Graham Hill