Young British motorists are the most likely to be distracted by “attractive pedestrians” while driving their cars, according to new research.
A study from Ford shows that the majority of UK road deaths for drivers aged between 18 and 24 involve young men, who are more likely than anyone to be distracted by good-looking passers-by.
Young men are three times more likely than women to be distracted by looking at pedestrians, particularly during the summer time which accounts for 21 per cent of all road deaths in Britain.
Risky behaviour behind the wheel has been identified as one of the major causes, with approximately 62,000 young people killed on European roads between 2004 and 2013.
"Couldn't help but look"
A similar study back in 2012 from Direct Line found that nearly one million crashes in the UK are caused every single year by drivers concentrating on ogling pedestrians instead of on the road.
Motorists distracted by passers-by cause an average of 2,525 crashes every day, with summer again identified as the worst time of year when both men and women are wearing less clothing.
The Direct Line survey found that 60 per cent of men have admitted to being distracted by attractive women, while 12 per cent of women said they’d been distracted by handsome men.
As well as that, 21 per cent of drivers said they'd been distracted by good-looking models on advertisement boards, with 17 per cent saying they "couldn't help but look".
