Almost 70% of fatal crash claims involve males

ALMOST 70% of fatal road accident insurance claims involve the death of a male motorist, many of them in their teens or early 20s, according to a survey conducted by Irish Life.

A similar percentage of all accidental death claims received in the last 12 months alone were in respect of the deaths of male clients.

One in six accident-related death claims paid out by the life assurer over the past five years in respect of people under the age of 40 was the result of road traffic accidents, a detailed study of its claims book reveals.