Driving: Eyesight
(asked on 16th July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of drivers whose visual acuity was poor who were involved in road traffic accidents in each year since 2010.
The numbers of motor vehicle drivers who were assigned with "uncorrected or defective eyesight" as a contributory factor by a police officer attending the scene of an accident are given in the table below, for each year since 2010.
Number of motor vehicle drivers with "uncorrected or defective eyesight" as a contributory factor in reported injury accidents: GB 2010-2013
| Number of accidents/percentage | ||||
| All accidents | ||||
| Contributory factor reported in accident1 | Number | Per cent | ||
| Uncorrected, defective eyesight | ||||
| 2010 | 227 | 0.18 | ||
| 2011 | 245 | 0.20 | ||
| 2012 | 245 | 0.21 | ||
| 2013 | 231 | 0.21 | ||
1Includes only accidents where a police officer attended the scene and in which a contributory factor was reported.
The Department does not collect information on specific conditions such as "visual acuity", but it is likely to be captured by the broader contributory factor above.