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While not a car, I went to turn left out of my neighborhood this morning for the 9999999th time and there was a black motorcycle with black clothed rider coming that I would have hit; the treeline behind him was dark and the only thing that caught my attention was the headlight.

Seems to be pretty basic ideas here. Light/bright = easily seen.
 
Posts: 3261 | Location: Loudoun VA | Registered: December 21, 2014Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Doe this also mean that there are more black cars sold? I do see a lot of white cars though... I would imagine, the more cars of a particular color could increase the number of accidents...statistically speaking.




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Posts: 40274 | Location: SC Lowcountry/Cape Cod | Registered: November 22, 2002Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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It's pretty interesting why people see what they see when.

Colors, shapes, location's.
Backgrounds .

It's almost like the brains have something to do with it.

There is a periwinkle cars out there that I pick out from a half mile away.

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When I first started dating my wife she was driving a dark gray Honda Accord. She told me she had been hit 3 times but none were her fault. I didn't believe her until after we got married and it was hit twice in 2 months. USAA told us to get a lighter car because they were tired of dealing with the accidents even though they weren't her fault.
 
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A quick search shows that black cars have the highest accident rates, followed by gray and silver cars. The “safest” cars are yellow, followed by white. So, it appears that visibility has a lot to do with it.



This is why I hate statistics. There are so many ways to represent the data. I see far more black cars than yellow so the percentage should be higher, right?


Well, white cars in the U.S. and globally are the most popular, more than black. Yet are less involved in accidents than black.



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I am surprised the tan color that was popular in the late 90s to around 2005 is not on the list of a dangerous color. The cars would almost disappear in the background.



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Toyota has putty colored vehicles that are almost camouflage , I m o





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Black asphalt? It’s gray here, unless it’s VERY new.
A gray or silver car on a gray road in the rain or fog simply disappears.



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I have owned yellow, dark blue, light blue, light and dark green, white, black, medium blue, different shades of grey, silver and red. These include 3 small convertibles. The only rig that got hit - 3 times - was the yellow 1975 Toyota Landcruiser. Yep - rear ended at a light was the worst.



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Posts: 4335 | Location: Saddlebrooke, Arizona | Registered: December 24, 2013Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Chevy has a new dark blue on their trucks that looks great but is darker than navy blue.

But again
It does not stand out or catch the eye.





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Yellow and Orange, possibly have lowest accident rates because there aren't a lot of them made relative to the production numbers overall.
 
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I recall reading years ago that the reason fire trucks generally changed from red to yellow was visibility in poor light conditions.

Most around here are still red, with 1 dept being red/black. They look good, but don't stand out as well.
There was a dept nearby that had theirs in a chartreuse like color. Very indiscrete.
A couple in N Harris County are a light blue, a bit more noticeable than red, but easily mistaken for a typical semi at a quick glance.

The 2000 lumen red and blue lights from top to bottom and on both sides, sirens and a blowing air horn are kind of a clue that it’s an emergency vehicle. It doesn’t matter if it’s red, chartreuse or purple.
Not very many non-code 3 accidents with fire trucks just driving down the road in my experience.
Code 3 accidents are mostly due to slightly aggressive engineers and people doing REALLY REALLY stupid shit.


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I drove an asphalt grey Nissan for 3yrs. I had more near collisions from people who did not see me than I did when I rode a motorcycle as my daily transportation.

I have not had that experience in trucks or SUV’s brown, black, green, blue or red. Got hit driving a white Freightliner, so there’s that to add to statical data.


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