Ashton West, MIB chief executive took to the airwaves today to discuss the issue of uninsured driving as part of the Churchill Insurance uninsured driver campaign launch.

“Churchill is a key partner of MIB in the fight to tackle uninsured driving. Over the past decade they’ve supported us in our work with police forces to take the number of uninsured drivers from two million to one million. But as this research shows there is still a long way to go. Only four years ago, East London was the home of the Olympics, a focus of immense pride. Today it’s been given a less welcome title; that of the home of uninsured driving. But actually it’s a nationwide issue and affects many other key UK cities including Manchester, Birmingham, Bradford and Leeds. MIB is committed to raising awareness about the problem and driving down levels of uninsured driving.”

On a regional level London leads the way for uninsured vehicles, followed by the North West and West Midlands.  The lowest number of insured vehicles is found in Wales, but as a percentage of the vehicles on the road Scotland and Home Counties have the lowest proportion of uninsured vehicles."