UK is 'Europe's whiplash capital' states ABI select committee submission

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The Association of British Insurers has published its submission to the Transport Select Committee’s recently closed whiplash inquiry, in which the association labelled the UK as “the whiplash capital of Europe”.

According to the ABI's findings, eight in ten personal injury claims following road traffic accidents are now for alleged whiplash, more than twice the average of France, Spain and the Netherlands.

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