Question follow-through · 40086

Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of vehicular accidents involving drivers who have not disclosed age-related health conditions on their driving license renewals in each of the last five years

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Department for Transport
Tabled
20 Mar 2025
Target answer date
24 Mar 2025
Answer
26 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 20 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of vehicular accidents involving drivers who have not disclosed age-related health conditions on their driving license renewals in each of the last five years

  2. 24 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 26 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    This information is not held by the Department for Transport.The Department’s data on road injury collisions is based on information reported to the police via the STATS19 data collection system. STATS19 does not capture information on the health conditio...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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