Significant proportion of drivers still use phones at the wheel and fail to wear a seat belt
New figures from the Department for Transport show three in every thousand drivers observed on England’s roads are using a mobile phone whilst driving, with the proportion of van drivers breaking the law three times that of car drivers. The statistics, gathered and analysed for the DfT by AECOM using images captured by Acusensus roadside […]
RAC report highlights mobile phone usage
Using a handheld mobile phone when behind the wheel is illegal and dangerous. However, according to the latest official data, over 6000 drivers were prosecuted for using a handheld mobile phone in the UK in 2021. There has been a worrying increase in the number of drivers who admit to regular handheld mobile phone use […]
Nearly a quarter of vehicle fatalities were not wearing a seatbelt
New figures from the Department for Transport confirms that people who do not wear seatbelts are disproportionately more likely to die in road crashes. It says that, while seatbelt wearing rates remain high overall, the latest road casualty statistics for 2020 show that 23% of car occupant fatalities in reported road collisions were not wearing […]
