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1. Whiplash claims dwarf the number of workplace injury claims
   

   Research published by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) exposes for the first time the scale and the cost of the UK’s whiplash epidemic.  Every day, nearly 1,200 people claim for whiplash following a motor collision. This figure has risen by a quarter in the last five years, and is six times the number of workplace injury claims made each year.  To stem the tide, the ABI has joined forces with motoring and road safety ...

   News | 21 Nov 2008

2. Whiplash claims dwarf the number of workplace injury claims
   

   The linked ABI reporet stateson pagwe 12: '• Vehicle fleet managers should consider purchasing vehicles with highly-rated whiplash prevention systems. This should reduce the amount of accidents, thereby lowering insurance premiums.' I can see that improving the design should reduce the number of claims but how does it reduce the number of accidents. The report also states that a lot of the accidents resulting in whipla...

   Comment | 24 Nov 2008