Parking sensors may be among drivers’ most popular options but concerns have been raised that their use could result in damage to company vehicles.

Drivers relying on the technology are failing to use windows and mirrors to negotiate obstacles outside of their vehicles, according to bosses at leasing company Masterlease.

This incompetence is costing fleet managers a fortune through unnecessary parking prangs, they warn, and UK repair bills for vehicles are now estimated to be more than £7 billion a year.