Written question asked by James McMurdock (Independent (affiliation)) on Friday, 5 June 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 9 June 2026. It was answered by Lilian Greenwood (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 June 2026 on behalf of the Department for Transport.
Roads: Accidents
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic collisions in each of the last five years involved a driver whose eyesight was a contributory factor.
- Answer
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Data on road injury collisions in Great Britain is reported by the police via a system known as STATS19. Reporting officers can assign up to 6 factors which in their opinion may have contributed to the collision occurring, including where ‘driver or rider had uncorrected or defective eyesight’.
The number of collisions in Great Britain with the factor ‘driver or rider had uncorrected or defective eyesight’ assigned in each of the last 5 years for which figures are available are shown in the table below.
Year
Number of collisions
2020
165
2021
164
2022
176
2023
195
2024
274
Secondary information
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- 7253
- Session
- 2026-27
- Subjects
- Accidents Eyesight Roads
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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- 2026-06-09 13:44:34 +0100
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