Dhaka, Dec. 29 -- UK newspapers have reported, citing official data, that motorists in hybrid cars are three times more likely to die than those in petrol cars.

Analysing figures from the Department of Transport, the newspapers said 122 people died in collisions involving hybrid vehicles and 777 in petrol car crashes last year.

With petrol models outnumbering hybrid vehicles by almost 20 to one on UK roads, this suggests that hybrids are involved in approximately three times as many fatal crashes, reported The Times.

It reported that the data was obtained by The Mail on Sunday.

Overall, the data shows that there was one death for every 8,000 hybrid cars on the roads last year compared with one death for every 20,000 diesel vehicles an...