In-car safety camera are to be tested from an insurance perspective by yesinsurance.co.uk.
The UK's first full-scale test of the benefits of an in-car safety camera and accident blackspot warning system is being launched on 1 February by insurance provider yesinsurance.co.uk.
Statistics will be compiled as the project progresses, comparing the accident records of motorists who have a Road Angel warning system in their car with a base group of motorists who do not.
If the research indicates that Road Angel users are safer drivers and better insurance risks, yesinsurance.co.uk hopes to be able to offer them lower premiums in the future.
To help build up a valid base for the test, drivers who take out motor insurance with yesinsurance.co.uk will be offered £75 off any Road Angel product.
Research involving a 1 million mile fleet test has so far indicated that business drivers using Road Angel have 50% fewer accidents and are around 70% less likely to receive endorsements on their licence.
"Because of its scale, the project which we are now embarking on will be a much more definitive test of the effectiveness of the system," said Paul Purdy, of yesinsurance.co.uk.
Whilst the system has received support from the police, some of whom use the system themselves, it has not yet been tested from an insurance perspective.
