Some Geewiz Statistics

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Total UK vehicle parc (Cars)

27,000,000 of which 3 million (12%) are company cars

Total new cars sold p.a.
2,200,000 of which 1.2 million (54%) are sold to fleets
Total used cars sold p.a.
7,800,000
Total car sales p.a. (new & used)
10,000,000
Total UK commercial vehicle parc
429,000
Total commercial vehicle sales p.a.
53,000
Fleet sector crashes
65% of all corporately driven vehicles are involved in a crash every 12 months (cars & commercials). N.B. figs do not include private vehicles used on company business!
Average bent metal cost
£750 for a car,
£1,300 for a light commercial,
£4,500 for a heavy commercial

Total cost to UK of road crashes
£13 to 16 billion p.a.
Unreported crashes
81%
Daily fatality rate
10 (average)
Daily injury rate
1,000 (average)
Daily fender bender rate
66,000 (average)
Risk of death p.a.
1 in 8,000 (whilst driving on company business)
UK fuel costs
20.6% increase per mile in the 2 years September 1998 to September 2000
Profile of sleep drivers
Number of drivers admitting to falling asleep whilst driving during preceding 12 months
All
15% (at least once)
Men
17% (at least once)
Women
12% (at least once)
Those exceeding 20,000 m.p.a.
34% (at least once)
All
6% (up to 10 times)
Those exceeding 20,000 m.p.a.
14% (over 10 times)

Profile of in-vehicle phone calls
Number of drivers admitting to making phone calls whilst driving
All
39%
Men
39%
Women
40%
Private car drivers
35%
Company vehicle users
77%
 
When you say Geewiz statistics I presume you mean they have come from the manufacturer of the most pathetic looking, un-safest piece of s*** car to grace our poorly maintained roads and if so what the hell have most of those statistics got to do with them:confused:
 
I want a Gwhizz for London, I'm waiting for their second hand value to drop to under a grand.

Ade
 
When you say Geewiz statistics I presume you mean they have come from the manufacturer of the most pathetic looking, un-safest piece of s*** car to grace our poorly maintained roads and if so what the hell have most of those statistics got to do with them:confused:

No, not at all. Geewiz was a figure of speech long before it was usurped as an electric car name.
I look at the fact that "65% of all corporately driven vehicles are involved in a crash every 12 months (cars & commercials). N.B. figs do not include private vehicles used on company business!" and I say to myself: gee wizz. How incredible. How awful etc. So economists tend to call statistics like this one a 'geewizz statistic'.

Amazing too that 81% of crashes go unreported. Strange world.
 
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Amazing too that 81% of crashes go unreported. Strange world.

Presumably that means to the Police, otherwise they wouldn't appear on these stats.
 

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