'Safety town' tops accident league

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Slough in Berkshire, which is ringed by traffic lights and speed cameras, topped a most-accident table compiled by Endsleigh Insurance Services.

The Berkshire town had an accident rate 35.7% above the national average in 2007, Endsleigh said.

Slough's safety promotions go back to the 1960s when it introduced lights timed to be on green so long as drivers stuck to the speed limit. In recent years, the number of lights encircling the town and its industrial estate have grown.

After Slough, Ilford in east London had the most accidents (35.5% above the national average), with Birmingham third (32.9% above).

The most accident-free town or city was Belfast (47.0% below the national average), with Swansea (29.9% below) in second place and Aberdeen (20.6% below) third.

Hull was the place with the most vehicle thefts in 2007, being 143.9% above the national average. Second was Nottingham (82.9% above the national average), with Leeds third (77.8% above).

Endsleigh said that overall, it had seen a 13% fall in motor theft claims across the UK in the last three years.

Swindon had 42.9% fewer cases of theft than the national average, with Norwich (42.3% below the average) and Dundee (38.9% below) also comparatively crime-free areas.

Slough was 35.7% above the national accident average, with Ilford in east London second (35.5% above) and Birmingham third (32.9% above).