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Hazardous Journey

Car colour and risk of car crash injury: population based case control study

BMJ 2003; 327 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.327.7429.1455 (Published 18 December 2003) Cite this as: BMJ 2003;327:1455

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Not everything that shines under the sun is Silver

As a keen motoring enthousiast and a compulsive reader of like wise
journals for 4 decades, I have always thought that the safest colours are
yellow,orange and red, because they are best noticed by others especially
during twilight . Silver was considered a dangerous colour because it
blended with the environment , especially during twilight ! Now I am being
told otherwise. I think I will wait for some more research ?
Shlomo M Monnickendam MD

Competing interests:
None declared

Competing interests: No competing interests

26 December 2003
Shlomo M Monnickendam
G.P
Kfar Haro'e Israel 38955