The Chinese zodiac could give some vital clues to the insurance industry as to who is more likely to put in a motor claim.

That is the suggestion coming from online car insurer, elephant.co.uk, which has looked at data from over two million policyholders and found that some astrological signs are likelier to have motoring convictions or accidents.

People born in the Sheep star sign, 1943, 1955, 1967 or 1979 were found to be the most dangerous drivers.

They were closely followed by Monkeys (1944, 1956, 1968 and 1980).

The least likely to have accidents were those born in the years of the Rabbit and Tiger.

Brian Martin, from the website, said: "We might have expected fiery Dragons to be the most likely to have motoring convictions.

"We certainly wouldn’t have expected unpredictable Tigers to be some of the safest drivers, but perhaps more likely to be the most accident-prone."

This year has been deemed year of the Rat, which according to elephant.co.uk, comes at the safer end of the Chinese astrological sign data for chances of having a car accident.

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