The MIB has estimated that the total cost of uninsured motoring in the UK exceeds half a billion pounds every year. During 2007 the Motor Insurers' Bureau levy alone on the honest motorist to cover the cost of uninsured and untraced driving in the UK will exceed £380 million.

A total of 36,000 uninsured and untraced claims were reported to the Motor Insurers' Bureau during 2006. This represents a 3.8% reduction in the number of uninsured and untraced driver claims on the previous year. According to records for 2006 held by the Motor Insurers' Bureau, the areas in the UK with the worst record for uninsured motoring in order of severity are:

• Manchester/West Gorton Greater Manchester
• Bradford West Yorkshire
• Birmingham/Newtown West Midlands
• Birmingham/Smethwick West Midlands
• Birmingham/Nechells Park West Midlands
• Liverpool/Everton Merseyside
• Birmingham/Hockley West Midlands
• Birmingham/Handsworth West Midlands
• Liverpool/Croxteth Merseyside
• Manchester/Cheetham Hill Greater Manchester

In West Gorton in Manchester you are 6 times more likely to be hit by an uninsured driver if involved in an accident.

For more information visit: www.mib.org.uk