The road to Britain’s dashcam boom

It is estimated that nearly three million British motorists have fitted dashboard cameras - but are they more useful for capturing dramatic crashes than making safer roads?

We live in an era where if it hasn't been filmed, it hasn't happened, and British motorists using dashboard cameras to record their journeys has doubled over the last year, according to the RAC.

The RAC estimates that 9% of drivers (2.9 million motorists) have fitted dashcams. Add those to the thousands of cycle-helmet cameras, and the result is that millions of mundane journeys - and the occasional accident - are being filmed.