Safety is of paramount importance when you’re choosing a tyre. During the winter this is even more crucial with cold and wet weather making the roads potentially treacherous.

Did you know?

• The number of accidents caused by wet road conditions increases in winter by 267%.
• There are 6,393 more accidents involving cars on the UK’s roads in winter than there are during the summer months.

(Source: Department of Transport Road Accident Statistics)

STAY SAFE THIS WINTER

Last year, the UK experienced temperatures from +30ºC to -15ºC. Given such diverse weather conditions, it’s unreasonable to expect one tyre type to provide consistently high safety levels.

In light of this, special cold weather tyres have been developed to deliver the best possible performance and maximum safety during colder months.

Cold weather tyres provide:

• Higher levels of road safety during the colder winter months.
• Considerably shorter stopping distances on both wet and dry roads at low temperatures.
• Better mileage performance than normal tyres. When used during winter months, the wear on normal tyres increases, reducing mileage by up to 20%.

KEEP ON TRACK WITH COLD WEATHER TYRES

• Temperatures below 7ºC are experienced throughout the UK between October and March. The air temperature is a crucial factor in your tyres’ ability to perform. When the temperature drops below 7ºC the rubber in your tyres will begin to harden and give you less grip.
• Cold weather tyres contain more rubber to minimize the hardening effect, which gives them the extra grip in cold, wet or icy conditions. As a result, with cold weather tyres you will experience significantly shorter stopping distances.Cold weather tyres are just as quiet and comfortable as normal tyres.

Cold Weather Tyres grip the road better than normal tyres at temperatures below 7ºC

COMPARISON OF BRAKING DISTANCES IN WINTER