Roads: Accidents

Department for Transport written question – answered at on 1 July 2015.

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Photo of Mark Tami Mark Tami Opposition Whip (Commons), Opposition Pairing Whip (Commons)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of traffic accidents in which the use of a satellite navigation system has been a contributing factor in the last five years.

Photo of Andrew Jones Andrew Jones Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The information requested is not collected by the Department. However, related information on reported accidents where a ‘distraction in vehicle’ contributory factor was allocated is published.

The number of reported personal injury road accidents by severity where a ‘distraction in vehicle’ contributory factor was allocated in the last five years is given in the following table:

Reported road accidents allocated a distraction in vehicle contributory factor, GB: 2009 - 2013

Number of accidents

Year

Fatal

Serious

Slight

Total

2009

62

392

2,488

2,942

2010

60

380

2,532

2,972

2011

75

417

2,640

3,132

2012

61

373

2,474

2,908

2013

84

425

2,486

2,995

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