Are black cars more prone to accidents? Here’s what Anand Mahindra had to say

on Thursday, Mahindra Group The chairman, who was seen making fun of the strange figures, mocked a Twitter page called ‘World of Statistics’, which claimed that black cars are more prone to road accidents.

According to the World of Statistics Post, black cars have a 47% risk of accident, followed by brown cars at 11%, silver colored cars at 10% and blue and red colored cars at 7% each. There is risk of accident. , respectively.

Further, the data claimed that the car colors white, yellow, orange and gold are the least likely to cause accidents.

Since there was no verification of the data and they were only numbers, therefore, Anand Mahindra The Twitter handle teased using a phrase from an American author – Mark Twain.

The business tycoon said the figures reminded him of “lies, damned lies, and figures” is ambiguous. It is a phrase describing the driving force of statistics to strengthen weak arguments. He also wrote in Hindi, “Kuch Bhi”, which means nonsense.

Netizens reacted to Mahindra’s post, with some agreeing with the industrialist, while others found a reason behind the figures.

One user called the stats ‘strange’ and added, How does the color of a car result in a car accident?

It is beyond science.

Another user wrote, “There are less number of yellow, gold and orange cars on the road. Might be considered a loophole.”

On the visibility of the colors, users said that the stats could be accurate. “No. Makes sense. Car colors like black are more likely to be weak in the night hours as opposed to bright colors like white or yellow. Right?”