Driving: Accidents
Commons · Question 111813 · Tabled 9 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 17 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Jerome Mayhew
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of collisions and near misses in the last five years involved drivers with vision below the legal standard.
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 17 Feb 2026
Data on road injury collisions in Great Britain is reported to the Department by police forces using a data collection system known as STATS19.STATS19 does not record near misses or identify whether drivers involved in collisions have vision below the leg...