Roads: Accidents
Commons · Question 47139 · Tabled 22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of mobile phone usage while driving on the number of road accidents in the past five years.
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 30 Apr 2025
Statistics on road collisions are available based on data reported to the Department by police forces via the STATS19 data collection system. Within STATS19, reporting officers can record up to 6 factors which they consider may have contributed to the col...