Yellow cars could keep car insurance down

"Yellow cars could prove a safe option for motorists who want low car insurance after a study found they were the least likely to be broken into.

A survey of 2,500 drivers, carried out by security firm barriersdirect.com, established that the most prevalent colour of cars which had suffered break-ins was blue, accounting for a quarter of responses given.

With only two per cent of votes, yellow cars had been broken into the least.

The second most popular answer was red, with 22 per cent of answers, followed by silver with 13 per cent and white with ten per cent.

Another finding was that 16 per cent of stolen vehicles such as cars and caravans are taken from house driveways or outside owners' homes and a third of those questioned said they became anxious if a strange van, car or lorry parks outside their house.

This information echoes the finding by the British crime survey, which discovered that about 40 per cent of vehicle crimes happen on the street outside the home.

A key point of the crime study was that new cars are at least risk of being stolen as a result of advanced security measures, which could also contribute to lowercar insurance premiums." Kwik Fit Insurance, UK