Overview
- Aviva’s July 2025 survey finds modern UK cars are 22% larger than those sold two decades ago.
- One in six garage owners cannot fit their vehicles indoors, prompting 42% of those with garages to park on their driveways.
- Two-thirds of garages are now used for household storage and a third of drivers say size constraints would deter them from buying larger models.
- Forty percent of drivers report misjudging parking distances and one in six struggle without technological aids such as sensors and cameras.
- Although bumps and scrapes accounted for 8% of insurance claims in 2024, over a third of drivers fail to report these incidents, risking invalidated coverage.