Safest Car Color

When you are in the market for a new vehicle, you likely want to find a car that has the most safety features to protect you in an accident. While safety technology can help you to prevent injuries, they may not be able to prevent all accidents from occurring. One feature of a vehicle that you might not think about when it comes to safety is the color of your vehicle. Most people choose the color of their cars based on how they look. You might want to think carefully about the color of the car that you choose, however. Researchers have found that the color of a vehicle is linked to its risk of being involved in a collision. If your vehicle is one of the riskier colors, it might increase your risk of being involved in an accident.
Which car colors are associated with a higher accident risk?
According to a report in Reader’s Digest, several studies have found a link between the color of cars and their accident involvement rates. This might make it important for you to consider the color of your vehicle more carefully when you are ready to make a purchasing decision. Here are the colors that are associated with the greatest risk of accidents.
1. Black vehicles
Researchers in a few different studies have found that black cars have a much higher accident rate than cars of any other color. One study that was reported in Money Super Market found that black cars are 47% more likely to be involved in collisions than vehicles of any other color. Other researchers have also found a correlation between black vehicles and a higher rate of accidents, finding that black cars are 12 percent likelier to be involved in crashes than cars of other colors.
The primary reason for why black cars are so much likelier to be involved in accidents is because they are harder to see. Black vehicles may blend into their surroundings, making them less visible to other motorists.
2. Gray or silver vehicles
Gray is the second-most dangerous vehicle color while silver closely follows it with the third-highest accident risk. Gray cars have an accident risk that is 11% greater than cars of the safest color. Silver cars have an accident risk that is 10% greater than vehicles of the safest color. Like black vehicles, gray and silver cars are more difficult to see and tend to blend into the background.
3. Blue vehicles
Blue is a very popular car color in the U.S. However, they also have a higher risk of accident involvement than cars of the safest colors. Blue vehicles are involved in accidents 7% more than vehicles that are the safest colors. Blue cars may be likelier to be involved in crashes because a lot of the environment such as the sky is blue. This can make blue cars less visible to other drivers.
4. Red vehicles
Since lower visibility is the primary factor for the increased crash risk of the other most dangerous car colors, it might be difficult to understand why red vehicles also have a higher crash risk. However, red vehicles have a 7% higher crash risk than safer colored cars. Red is a very vibrant color. However, red is used a lot on roads in road signs, traffic control devices, sirens, and brake lights. This might make it harder for other motorists to see the red vehicles with all of the surrounding red.
5. Green vehicles
Green vehicles may also blend into their surroundings because green appears prominently in the landscape, on buildings, and on signs. However, green vehicles are safer than other dangerous colors but still have a higher accident risk than the safest colors because of the inability of drivers to distinguish them from the surroundings.
What colors are associated with the lowest rates of accidents?
Researchers have also identified the vehicle colors that have the lowest risks of accidents. These colors tend to stand out from the background, making them easier for other motorists to see. When you are shopping for a vehicle, you might want to choose one of these colors for your next car.
1. White vehicles
The safest car color is white. White vehicles have a 12% lesser chance of accident involvement than black vehicles under all weather and lighting conditions. White provides a lot of contrast between the vehicles and their surroundings, making these cars easy for other motorists to see.
2. Yellow vehicles
Yellow is also another safe color for vehicles. It is a very bright color, which allows motorists to spot yellow vehicles easily. One study even found that yellow cars are safer than white vehicles. Either color may be a good choice for your next car.
4. Orange vehicles
Like yellow and white vehicles, orange cars have a reduced accident risk. Orange stands out, making the vehicles more visible. It is also not used as frequently for vehicles, making orange cars very easy to spot.
5. Gold vehicles
Gold is another color that is used less frequently for vehicles. However, gold vehicles stand out from the road and are highly visible. This makes gold a safe color choice for cars.

[@ralpdexterbongato9350]

Totally agree with grey cars, I personally saw an accident, the driver didn’t notice the car because of the car’s color blended with the color of the road while raining

[@AshishSharma-tf7hx]

I have a grey car 😫

[@happinesscompilation5252]

That idiot should have turned on the hazard lights during obstructed vision. Not the car's fault

[@worldofcolorz]

*Gray

[@bobsebring3377]

I think yellow would be the most visible hence school busses and taxi are painted yellow. So are fire hydrants.

[@JohnDaniels]

Exactly 💯👍🏻

[@evelynfarfellwooosh1219]

Neon.

[@user-wisely707]

👍💯 All my cars are white actually 😂

[@aftabvirtual]

After watching all the negative reviews, I recently bought a black car😀

[@JohnDaniels]

@@aftabvirtual Black cars look nice 👍🏻

[@okeoke4697]

As much as it's clear that white is a more visible color than grey or black, I think that people need to turn on their lights too...

[@salihkhan5941]

Silver is reflects more than white at night if cars lights reach it...but at the time of dawn or dusk..silver can be camouflaged in road colour

[@21hairgirl]

Yellow is the safest

[@JohnDaniels]

Yep 👍🏻 that is the reason school busses are yellow.

[@yhussain733]

Excellent video. White is universal color. The new whites aren't even dull hence their names are like ""Eminent white" or "pearl white". The biggest advantage is when you need to apply the touch up paint. Good luck getting the exact same purple or bright green touch up paint :p

[@luisithowgalarza]

I wouldn’t be so quick to asume the correlation implies causation

[@a64738]

Here gray cars is the most pupular color, next is black and then white... Very few new cars is any other color then that... Also gray cars is basically city camo and disappear in your side vision.

[@brianw.5230]

I drive white Corollas. They're safer and reflect the hot summer sun!

[@andreaherrera4219]

I’m going to choose white I was almost killed on the freeway. It was a hit and run and that car color was blue might as well just get white.

[@JohnDaniels]

Good decision 👍🏻 If you really want the safest then get bright yellow, that is why school busses use it.

[@registromalplena2514]

I wonder if somebody has done a study of this seasonally where there's lots of snow.

[@JohnDaniels]

Good point 👍🏻. School buses use bright yellow so that's probably the safest

[@RMV1560]

What color would you say is the easiest to keep clean and shows dirt the least

[@JohnDaniels]

I would say white or silver

[@brianr.6376]

white shows dirt the most, black shows blemishes the most.

[@aquafern]

When the white car hit the black car, then there is no safer car anymore.

[@JohnDaniels]

😆

[@21hairgirl]

White cars are harder to see when there is snow.

[@boris2342]

We don't like white cars in canada...blends in with snow

[@JohnDaniels]

Good one, I'd never thought of that 👍🏻

[@whoppinator4672]

oh snap the used car I was gonna buy is black uh oh

[@JohnDaniels]

🤣 only get white or that school bus yellow 😁👍🏻

[@salihkhan5941]

And whats about toyota's redwine and olive mica mettalic green that changes colour shades...

[@JohnDaniels]

Good question, I would think it would depend on how visible those colors are, like if they're sparkly in the sun and metallic, I'm sure they'd be easy to see, but at night if they're darker and blend in with the dark surroundings, it might be harder

[@harveyanimations8974]

Another reason why the cars from the 19th century were better. They had easy to see colours like greens and blues and yellows and reds

[@debwoods6011]

Interesting 👍

[@JohnDaniels]

What color is your car? Please tell me white 😁

[@debwoods6011]

@@JohnDaniels No I think it said I was in the 7% with my grayish blue. Kinda funny cause I have always thought I should be really careful at dusk and dawn. I blend in to much.

[@JohnDaniels]

@@debwoods6011 You're right, this confirms it, be extra careful at night 😎

[@commentguy7]

But with DRL's this is not true anymore

[@drippinuest]

me with an orange car😢

[@bgtubber]

Orange should be pretty visible, no?

[@Your_wise_friend]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ibrahimjbeily8943]

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