White Cars Are The Safest

When Anna came to visit me in Texas she sarcastically commented on how, like, EVERYONE had a white car. How [rolled eyes] conformist!

So when I told her it was because they attracted less heat from the sunshine she was reallllly embarrassed. Well, now it turns out that those white pickups are good for more than staying just a mite cooler. The recently completed Vehicle Colour Study, conducted by Monash University Accident Research Centre concludes that white cars are The Safest Of All. :

“Conversely, darker colours and colours with low contrast to the road environment, including silver, grey, green, red, blue and black, tend to be associated with a higher crash risk, particularly in daylight hours,” he said.

Dr Newstead said the link between car colour and crash risk was found to be weaker during twilight and night driving.

Compared to white cars, black cars had a 12 per cent higher crash risk, closely followed by grey cars with 11 per cent higher risk. Silver vehicles were next, with 10 per cent, then blue and red at 7 per cent.