PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Roads: Accidents (29 January 2018)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in how many road traffic accidents poor driver eyesight was a significant contributory factor in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by:
Sir Desmond Swayne (Conservative)

The table below shows the number of accidents in which the contributory factor of uncorrected, defective eyesight was reported, by accident severity, in Great Britain for the years 2012 to 2016.

Number of accidents where a contributory factor of uncorrected, defective eyesight was attributed to the accident
Year	Fatal	Serious	Slight	Total	Percentage of all reported accidents
2012	6	59	186	251	0.2%
2013	9	51	182	242	0.2%
2014	9	56	195	260	0.2%
2015	10	48	174	232	0.2%
2016	7	57	129	193	0.2%

Source: DfT STATS19

Please note that not all accidents are included in the contributory factor data. Only accidents where the police attended the scene and reported at least one contributory factor are included. A total of 73% of accidents reported to the police in 2016 met these criteria.

Answered by:
Jesse Norman (Conservative)
1 February 2018