Frozen squirrel tops weird motor claims

• Insurance company releases its oddest claims
• Zebras and cows blamed
• Kebabs and potatoes also dangerous

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Animals seem to be the cause of many of the strangest insurance claims, according to insurance company Norwich Union. Food was responsible for other odd incidents.

Many of the claims which the Norwich Union received were so bizarre, it compiled a list of the weirdest ones it received in the last year:

1. 'A frozen squirrel fell out of a tree and crashed through the windscreen onto the passenger seat.'

2. 'The car was parked when a reindeer fell on the bonnet of my car.'

3. 'As I was driving round a bend, one of the doors opened and a frozen kebab flew out, hitting and damaging a passing car.'

4. 'A herd of cows licked my car and caused damage to the paintwork.'

5. 'A Zebra collided with my car when I was at a safari park.'

6. 'While I was waiting at traffic lights, a wasp went down my trouser leg, which made me hit the accelerator and prang the car in front.'

7. 'I couldn't brake because a potato was lodged under the pedal.'

8. 'My parked car was bit by a bull which had escaped from an agricultural show.'

9. 'A cow jumped on my quad bike.'

10. As I came over a hill, I hit a cow I the middle of the road, which then hit the bonnet and shattered the windscreen with its rear end.'

If there's anything these stories prove, it's that you should expect the unexpected – and so should drive accordingly, leaving a margin for error at all times.