‘Black Box’ idea for cars – could it be used or practical for personal injury claims ?

We came across a report that black boxes might be installed in all new cars and our first reaction was, with all the technology around, why did someone not think of this earlier ? It makes a lot of sense.

The use of this technology has been mooted for the most catastrophic of car accidents but would it’s potential application maybe extend to less serious claims, but which involve personal injury claims. Certainly, the number of personal injury claims generally and whiplash claims in particular, seem to have spiked massively in the last 10 years, and the obvious implication of this is that fraud is a serious issue. Until now, the issue has been largely swept under the proverbial carpet but the massive cost of the claims is now impacting all in big increases in insurance premiums, so the idea of black box evidence is perhaps not that outlandish, even for use in some personal injury claims such as whiplash.