'Unlucky birthdays' revealed by elephant.co.uk
People born on certain days of the year are more likely to have a driving conviction, a car insurance provider has said.After reviewing two million customer insurance claims, elephant.co.uk identified the top three dangerous dates as September 16th, February 29th and December 24th, in that order.By contrast, May 31st was revealed to be the day on which, proportionally, the safest drivers were born.More generally, people born on the first of the month were found to have fewer driving convictions.However, the opposite is the case for December birthdays.elephant.co.uk managing director, Brian Martin said, "We thought it would be interesting to see if there was any correlation between the date you were born and the likelihood of having an accident or getting points on your license. "It was interesting to see those with more unusual birthdays like February 29th and December 24th featured in the top three of worst drivers - and that some of the safer drivers are those born on the first of the month."
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