To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were injured in road traffic accidents where the driver's visual acuity was found to be below the legal acceptable level in each year since 2010.
Answered on
2 September 2014
The numbers of casualties in injury accidents where a motor vehicle driver was assigned contributory factory “uncorrected or defective eyesight” by a police officer at the scene of an accident are given in table below, by casualty severity, for each year since 2010.
Number of motor vehicle drivers with "uncorrected or defective eyesight" as a contributory factor in reported injury accidents by casualty severity: GB 2010 - 2013 | ||||
Contributory factor reported in accident 1 | Killed | Seriously injured | Slightly injured | All casualties |
Uncorrected, defective eyesight | ||||
2010 | 4 | 38 | 279 | 321 |
2011 | 9 | 52 | 296 | 357 |
2012 | 6 | 62 | 276 | 344 |
2013 | 9 | 54 | 252 | 315 |
1 Includes 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.