Tory-voting middle-aged professionals most likely to be road rage victims

Men aged 40-59, who vote Tory, and who are classified as ABC1, are the most likely to be victims of road rage.

17:24 09 June 2014

A new ITV documentary entitled Road Rage Britain: Caught on Camera found that the people who are most vulnerable to be victims of road rage are men aged 40-59, who vote Tory, and who are classified as ABC1 (middle class). 

 

The survey also revealed that nearly half of male drivers aged 40-59 were victims of aggression on the road and those aged 25 to 39 were the most likely to attack other people on the road due to poor driving of others. 

 

Meanwhile, at least four in every 10 drivers said that they were attacked by others while 5per cent admitted to committing the offences themselves. 

 

46per cent of men and 39per cent of women confirmed that they were became victim of road rage. 

 

The poll, carried out by YouGov, found half of participants who voted Conservative in the 2010 election claimed they were subject to road rage attacks, compared to 43 per cent of Labour voters and 39 per cent of Liberal Democrat voters.