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Silver cars are much less likely to be involved in a serious crash than cars of other coulours, suggests a new study of over 1000 cars. People (36) in silver ears were 50 percent less likely to experience serious injury in a crash (37) with drivers of white cars, the research in’ New Zealand found. White, yellow, grey, red and blue cars carried about the same (38) of injury. But those taking to the roads in black, brown, or green cars were twice as likely to (39) a crash with serious injury. Sue Furness, at the University of Auckland, led the study but says the team does not know why silver cars (40) safer. "We think it may be due to a (41) of light colour and high reflectivity, "she (42) . She suggests that increasing the proportion of silver cars on the road might provide a " (43) strategy” to cut ear crash injuries. " (44) , that might be useful to people in terms of purchasing a car, "says Roger Vincent. But he adds, "A lot of people will buy things purely on fashion." In their study, Furness and her colleagues (45) . They also controlled for road conditions and ambient light conditions. But Vincent says other factors could be important, such as the way people view different colours, (46) .