French residents of the UAE are the safest behind the wheel

Source: Middle East Insurance Review | Oct 2017

No-claims statistics from yallacompare’s insurance comparison show that French residents of the UAE are the safest drivers in the country, with 94.4% of French drivers having made no claims in the past year. Drivers from the UK are the next safest, with 93.4% of Britons having at least a year’s no-claims on their car insurance policies.

Australians and Americans are the UAE’s joint third safest drivers; just 6.9% of drivers from these countries have made a claim on their insurance policies in the past year, according to the new study from yallacompare.

At the other end of the scale, the analysis revealed that UAE drivers from the Philippines are the riskiest to insure, with 13.1% of Filipino drivers in the UAE having made a claim on their insurance policies in the past year. Egyptian drivers are the second riskiest, with 11.9% of drivers from this country having made a claim. Drivers from Sudan round off the top three nationalities for the most claims; 11.1% made a claim on their UAE policies over the past 12 months.

The study also revealed that those who own cars worth between AED400,000 (US$109,000) and AED500,000 are the safest drivers, with just 6.5% of such drivers having made a claim on their insurance over the last 12 months. Drivers of cars worth between AED50,000 and AED100,000 are the riskiest to insure, with 11.3% having made a claim in the past year.

The UAE’s oldest drivers are also among the country’s most frugal when it comes to spending on car insurance; 18.1% of those over 50 years old opt for the cheapest car insurance policy, compared to just 14.5% of those aged between 30 and 39.

In terms of the most frugal nationalities, UAE nationals top the list with 28.1% of Emiratis opting for the least expensive option. In second place are Sudanese drivers, 25.4% of whom choose the cheapest policy. Egyptian drivers round off the top three, with 21.5% purchasing the cheapest insurance available. M

AED1 = US$0.27

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