Male drivers account for 54% of vehicle accidents, according to an AAMI study of 4.3 million claims from 2014 to last year.

The Suncorp subsidiary’s Decade of Driving Report also reveals that drivers aged 65 and above have the most crashes attributed to them by age group, at 26% of all incidents.

Friday is the most common day for a crash, accounting for 16%, and weekends are the least likely days for accidents. The most dangerous time is between 1pm and 4pm.

“Nose-to-tail” smashes are most common, accounting for 26% of incidents, followed by drivers failing to give way at 19% and crashes involving parked cars at 17%.

Plenty Road in Melbourne’s northeast suburb of Bundoora is the nation’s worst crash spot.  

“The number one crash hotspots in each state and territory are all notorious for accidents and share similar attributes of being busy major roads, or main thoroughfares through industrial, educational, shopping centre precincts or central business districts,” AAMI motor claims manager Leah James said. 

“In all states, except for Tasmania, the number one hotspot has held the top position ... for more than five of the past 10 years.”

She says the report aims to “bring awareness to where, when and how accidents occur, so that Aussie drivers can be better informed and educated on how to drive more safely. 

“While there have been many changes, and technological advances, to the types of vehicles we drive since we started the AAMI Crash Index in 1994, AAMI’s Decade of Driving Report found that, unfortunately, we haven’t changed much about the way we drive.”