Honk, the Chatswood car parkers ding. Pranging into every thing. Shopping trolleys cop the worst, followed by walls, pillars and other things, very often when reversing ...

It's a warped carol especially apt for Christmas, an analysis of 24,000 insurance claims reviewed by insurer AAMI has shown. It found Chatswood's Westfield was the worst spot for car-park prangs in NSW.

Christmas Eve is one of the busiest times of the year, and Chatswood's Westfield car park had more prangs than any other parking lot in NSW. Credit:Julie Power

Of the 24,000 claims lodged nationally for car-park dings and prangs, Chatswood ranked third, recording 104. It was narrowly defeated by Maroochydore with 105 incidents, but paled compared to the national winner: Chadstone in Victoria, which recorded 258 incidents.

Castle Hill and Miranda were next worst in NSW.