Yorkshire drivers some of the riskiest
Yorkshire is nearly at the bottom of a list of places for careful motorists
Yorkshire is nearly at the bottom of a list of places for careful motorists according to the study of black box data by Direct Line.
The insurance firm analysed the locations of 10,000 DrivePlus policyholders who scored highest for safety factors such as speed, smooth acceleration and braking.
Once each region's driving population was taken into account it was found that the North East has the highest proportion of the safest drivers while Yorkshire came third from bottom of the list.
Paul Felton of Direct Line said safer drivers with telematics devices installed in their vehicles are given lower renewal prices for insurance.