Living near church safest
1/1/2006
United Press International

People who live within a mile of a U.S. church are less likely to have a car accident than drivers who live more than a mile from a restaurant. Quality Planning Corporation, a San Francisco firm that helps insurance companies price insurance more accurately and fairly, finds a relationship between where a vehicle owner lives and the likelihood that he will be involved in an auto accident. It concluded that the riskiest place to live is within 1 mile of a restaurant. If the owner of an automobile lives within 1 mile of an eating establishment, the driver is 30 percent more likely to crash his car than if the driver lived more than 1 mile from the restaurant. The study found that the riskiest places to live near are restaurants, grocery stores, schools and banks. People who live within 1 mile of an airport, park, forest or racetrack are much less likely to suffer vehicle damage.