Personal Injury Law

Washington Auto Accidents May Involve More Uninsured Drivers As Recession Grows

By Kirk Bernard, Esq.

The washingtontimes.com website reported on February 16, 2009 in an article released by the Insurance Research Council that estimates that by next year, one out of six drivers may be driving without insurance. This would mean bad news for an uninsured driver or those involved in a car accident in Washington with an uninsured driver. As the nation?s economy worsens and more people are laid off, families are being forced to cut expenses including their insurance coverage. This translates into more than 3 million drivers behind the wheel without insurance than just five years ago.

David Corum, Vice President of IRC said, "We can't explain why people drive uninsured. We just know that a certain percentage of people do, and it does change with economic conditions like unemployment."

According to Corum, the percentage of drivers without insurance goes up ¾ of a percentage point for every 1% percent increase in unemployment nationwide.

Full post as published by Seattle Injury Blog on March 23, 2009 (boomark / email).