Drivers admit to accidentally damaging another car in supermarket car park

One in four drivers admit they’ve accidentally caused damage to another car in a supermarket carpark.

And more than half (53 per cent) have had it happen to them in return.

It follows a study of 2,000 drivers which found car damage and dings are a concern for 92 per cent.

The research found 11 per cent park over two spaces in a bid to avoid dents, while 18 per cent deliberately park next to the flashiest car they can find, in the hope they’ll be super-careful with their own doors.

The findings were commissioned by The AA, to highlight Accident Assist, a 27/7 support service for members, which also built a tongue-in-cheek ‘drive-thru bubble wrap machine’ to show the lengths people could take to swerve scrapes, dents and dings.

TV’s Scarlett Moffatt, who took 14 attempts to pass her test, was the first to ‘trial’ the drive-thru.