Parked cars and kerbs among most common objects hit by drivers in 2025, AA data shows

Nearly one in five crashes attended by AA Accident Assist in 2025 involved drivers hitting a parked car, according to new figures from The AA, with low-speed and avoidable incidents continuing to account for a significant number of collisions.

AA Accident Assist supported around 67,000 drivers following a crash over the course of the year.

While the most common incident remained collisions with another moving vehicle (40%), everyday hazards also featured heavily.

Parked vehicles were involved in 19% of incidents, while 10% of crashes were caused by drivers rear-ending the vehicle in front in slow-moving traffic.

Drivers also frequently collided with inanimate objects. Kerbs, open car doors and debris in the road each accounted for around 2% of incidents, alongside impacts with walls, hedges and barriers.

Collisions involving animals were less common, with incidents involving deer making up about 1% of cases.

A review of incident descriptions suggested that lapses in concentration played a major role in many crashes.

These included misjudging space in car parks, forgetting to apply the handbrake, and errors made on narrow roads or through roadworks.