Road Traffic Accidents

Due to the poor standards of driving skills and little road discipline, accidents soon became a common sight on the roads of Britain.

A situation soon became apparent in the fact that many who had taken on the cost of buying their own vehicles were now finding themselves out of pocket if their vehicles were damaged or destroyed.

The other side to this was the total lack of compensation for those innocent victims involved in these road traffic accidents, this situation led to the introduction of the first ‘Road Traffic Act’.

By 1930 the situation had escalated to such proportions that the government of the time introduced the first ‘Road Traffic Act’.

In basic form the Road Traffic Act made it compulsory for vehicle owners and drivers to be insured for their liability for injury or death to third parties whilst their vehicle was being used on a public road.

Motor Insurance had appeared sometime before this but it had not been compulsory.

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