Almost a quarter of motorists admitted that they had either fallen asleep at the wheel or needed to take a break due to feeling tired on a boring road journey according to Allianz Cornhill.
The insurer said at least 40,000 serious injuries and nearly 3,500 deaths occurred on our roads last year with drowsiness considered to be a major cause.
Road accidents caused by a sleeping driver are more likely to result in death and serious injury as the accidents occur at higher speeds because the driver fails to brake before the impact takes place.
Mark Bishop of Cornhill Direct said: "We would advise drivers to avoid making long trips on these roads, particularly between midnight and 6am.
Motorists said that rather than stop, they resort to turning the music up really loudly to distract them when on a boring road. Others chat to fellow passengers, whilst a fifth either sing or start talking to themselves.
The M6 was voted as Britain's most boring road. The motorway is the UK's longest and busiest, stretching across a whopping 230 miles between Rugby and Carlisle.
Figures from the Loughborough University Sleep Research Centre reveal that driver sleepiness is thought to cause at least 10% of all road accidents.
