Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 47139

Roads: Accidents

Tabled: 22 April 2025

Answered: 30 April 2025

Question

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

Lilian Greenwood

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...

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