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So it’s not purely anecdotal then… link to the original paper is here.

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[–] samc 3 points 1 year ago

Well it's 400,000 accidents, so there's probably every kind of circumstance you can imagine in there.

The point is that owning a BMW shouldn't affect the chance of you finding yourself in dangerous circumstances, other than ones you create by your own actions. (Unless everyone in the UK is secretly hoping to ram BMW drivers off the road).