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Written question asked by Lord Berkeley (Labour) on Wednesday, 2 September 2020, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 16 September 2020. It was answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Conservative) on Tuesday, 15 September 2020 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


Roads: Accidents

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government, how many (1) road accidents, (2) injuries, and (3) fatalities, of (a) pedestrians, (b) cyclists, and (c) vehicle occupants, were attributed to vehicle drivers using their mobile telephones in the last year for which figures are available.

Answer

There were 423 reported accidents in 2018 where a police officer allocated the contributory factor ‘driver using mobile phone’ to at least one of the drivers/riders involved in the accident.

The numbers of fatalities and injuries of road users involved in these accidents are shown in the attached table.

Detailed final statistics on reported personal injury road accidents in Great Britain for 2019 will be published on 30 September 2020. The latest annual published statistics are for 2018.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL7603
Session
2019-21
Attachment
Table of no. of fatalities & injuries - road users
Subjects
Accidents Mobile phones Roads Road traffic offences
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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