Roads: Accidents
(asked on 29th January 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in how many road traffic accidents poor driver eyesight was a significant contributory factor in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
The table below shows the number of accidents in which the contributory factor of uncorrected, defective eyesight was reported, by accident severity, in Great Britain for the years 2012 to 2016.
Number of accidents where a contributory factor of uncorrected, defective eyesight was attributed to the accident | |||||
Year | Fatal | Serious | Slight | Total | Percentage of all reported accidents |
2012 | 6 | 59 | 186 | 251 | 0.2% |
2013 | 9 | 51 | 182 | 242 | 0.2% |
2014 | 9 | 56 | 195 | 260 | 0.2% |
2015 | 10 | 48 | 174 | 232 | 0.2% |
2016 | 7 | 57 | 129 | 193 | 0.2% |
Source: DfT STATS19
Please note that not all accidents are included in the contributory factor data. Only accidents where the police attended the scene and reported at least one contributory factor are included. A total of 73% of accidents reported to the police in 2016 met these criteria.