BIRMINGHAM, England (Dec. 3, 2010)—ATS Euromaster is pointing to the results of a Dutch survey into road traffic accidents as evidence that United Kingdom fleets would be safer if they fitted cold weather tires.
The survey by traffic psychologist Adriaan Heino revealed that cars with cold weather tires were involved in fewer accidents during winter than those which remained on “summer” tires.
Heino studied 25,000 insurance claims made via insurer Centraal Beheer Achmea. He found that cars fitted with summer tires experienced a 32 percent increase in claims over winter, compared with just 12 per cent for vehicles with cold weather tires.