Motorists Pay More to Park on Street

Motorists who park their cars in the street rather than a garage are missing on insurance discounts, a leading insurer claims.

Saga Motor Insurance found that only around half of those who have a garage use it to keep their cars in.

Instead, two thirds of people say they use their garage as a place to store their junk and they consequently could not fit their car in. One in five said that their car was too big to fit in their garage.

With 22 million vehicles parked on roads or driveways, Saga estimates that motorists are paying almost £100 million more than necessary on the overall cost of their insurance premiums

But motorists over the age of 50 were more likely to secure their car with 70 per cent of those who had a garage using it for their cars.

Andrew Goodsell, Chief Executive, Saga commented: "People are leaving their cars out on the streets at the mercy of opportunist thieves, vandals and the British weather!

"By clearing out their garage to make room for their car they could make a significant saving on their motor insurance."