While Wiltshire is mostly a quiet and peaceful place to live, it seems it’s residents don’t often take this energy with them when they get behind the wheel.

It turns out that the county is Wiltshire is the eighth road-rage capital of the UK, with 83.3 per cent of drivers admitting they have experienced rage while driving.

The locations which struggle most with the issue were revealed by a nationwide survey by Hey Discount.

Yorkshire is the county with the highest percentage of rage-filled UK drivers.

East Riding of Yorkshire ranks as the county with the highest amount of angry drivers - with 100 per cent of surveyed drivers in the county admitting that they experience road rage.

The majority of counties surveyed had a 60 per cent or higher percentage of drivers who experience road rage, but Yorkshire is the only county to receive a unanimous response.

Antrim ranks second with 90 per cent of drivers admitting that they experience road rage.

The epicentre of Northern Ireland had by far the highest percentage of road rage drivers in that country.

Lanarkshire and Northhamptonshire rank joint third with 88.9 per cent of drivers admitting that they experience road rage. 

The research also details the counties with the least angry drivers.

Durham and West Sussex rank first as the counties with the lowest proportion of road-rage drivers - both reporting 41.7 per cent.

Amazingly these two counties are the only ones where fewer than half of the drivers experience road rage. 

Cheshire ranks third with only 52.2 per cent of drivers admitting they experience road rage.

The most popular road rage reaction according to the study was swearing, with 53.4 per cent of surveyed drivers admitting to swearing when witnessing bad driving, making it the most common first reaction.

Shouting was the next most common, with 44.2 per cent of surveyed drivers saying they have shouted in order to alleviate road rage.

Beeping your horn was another popular form -  with 42.6 per cent reporting they have slammed their horn when experiencing road rage.

This less subtle form of road rage could potentially see you hit with a fine if you’re deemed to be “not in full control of a vehicle”.

You can find the research in full here, https://heydiscount.co.uk/consumer-research/road-rage-capitals