More than 1m cars too big to fit in parking spaces sold in UK each year

More than 1m cars too big to fit in parking spaces are being sold in the UK each year and their numbers are growing, research has found.

- Helena Horton

A trend for bigger cars means new vehicles are outgrowing towns and cities. Researchers at the campaign network Clean Cities found 4.6m cars have been sold in the UK that are bigger than a typical urban car parking space since 2021.

Larger cars are more deadly in crashes than smaller vehicles because they weigh more and have tall front ends that trap victims beneath them instead of knocking them to the side.