'Cash for crash' hot spots move to rural areas

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Direct Line's annual analysis of UK's top ten 'crash for cash' hotspots, has revealed the ten new locations which have become favoured spots for fraudsters. Rural locations are now being used, and five locations are now in the south - in and around the M25.

'Crash for cash' fraudsters fake accidents by making unnecessary emergency stops at busy roundabouts or slip roads, forcing motorists to crash into them. They then make bogus claims to the innocent motorist's insurer, often including fictitious injuries and passengers.