UK’s top 30 hotspots worst affected by ‘crash for cash’ scams revealed

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Parts of Birmingham are the top “crash for cash” hotspots in the UK, analysis of the scams has found.
Postcodes in Bradford, Blackburn, Wakefield, Leeds, Manchester, High Wycombe, London and Luton are also among the worst areas affected,
Crash for cash is a common insurance scam which involves fraudsters inventing or deliberately causing dangerous road traffic collisions, often involving innocent people, in a bid to claim compensation.
The IFB helps insurers and the police to fight fraud. It acts as a central hub for sharing insurance fraud data and intelligence, helping to detect and disrupt organised fraud networks.
The IFB said it hoped that by pinpointing crash for cash hotspots, people would be encouraged to be vigilant as more drivers start to take to the roads.
IFB analysis of 2.7 million motor insurance claims made across the UK in between the start of October 2019 and the end of 2020 identified more than 170,000 claims which could be linked to suspected crash for cash networks.
IFB investigations have found single gangs can be behind thousands of orchestrated collisions in some areas, with the combined value of their fraudulent claims running into the millions.

 

[Korova]

One of the reasons why I always have my dashcam on, in the car and motorhome, never experienced any "cash for crash" near misses as yet but there may be a time I need it. The one time I didn't have my dash cam on a transit passed in front of me at a junction with a guy lying on the roof reading a book!! Could have made a few bob on one of those daft video shows.

 

[pagey]

have a look at the residents of these areas

 

[Howard B]

My daughter was caught out on the M1 near Wakefield. Car puled in fornt of her and just braked for no reason, she ran into the back of it. There were three people in the car when the incident occurred, but the claim was paid to 5 people. Daughter was working for the insurance company at the time and spoke face to face with the person handling the claim and gave them the name of the traffic officer who attended, but they still paid out for all. the value of the claim was £40K. Ill let you gues on their origin.
We all have now dash cams fitted to our cars the campervan and my motorbike.