Mobile Phones (Road Deaths)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 3 December 2009.

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Photo of Paul Clark Paul Clark Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport 10:30, 3 December 2009

Contributory factor data reported in the statistical returns to the Department show that "driver using a mobile phone" was a factor in 19 deaths in road accidents during 2008-the returns do not distinguish between hand-held or hands-free phones. However, there has been no formal estimation of the numbers of deaths.