1.7m Brits will drive on wrong side of road
With more than 4.4 million UK motorists set to hit foreign roads this summer, that means 1.7 million British drivers will drive on the wrong side, the Swiftcover research showed.
Almost one in five of the 1.8 million accidents involving British drivers abroad are collisions with oncoming vehicles, according to the car insurer’s own customer data.
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Hide AdNearly 50,000 UK drivers admitted to driving at least a mile on the wrong side of the road during a trip abroad.
Robin Reames, chief claims officer at Swiftcover, said: “Lives are on the line because so many Brits are driving on the wrong side of the road while abroad.”