FOI 39473
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 394173
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 11th March 2025. Please find below the response to your request:
For data from the years 2023, 2024 and year to date 2025:
Q1. Can you please provide the total number of reported road incidents and collisions where poor eyesight was recorded as a contributing factor?
Q2. Can you please provide a breakdown of these incidents by severity (eg: fatal, serious, and slight collisions)?
Q3. Can you please provide a demographic breakdown of the drivers involved by age, gender, and region/city/post code
Reply
West Mercia Police holds the information requested.
Q1. Can you please provide the total number of reported road incidents and collisions where poor eyesight was recorded as a contributing factor?
11 injury collisions
Q2. Can you please provide a breakdown of these incidents by severity (eg: fatal, serious, and slight collisions)?
1 slight collision in 2023
6 slight collisions in 2024
4 serious collisions in 2024
0 collisions for 2025 so far
Q3. Can you please provide a demographic breakdown of the drivers involved by age, gender, and region/city/post code
6 Female, 5 Male
2 Hereford, 5 Shropshire, 3 Worcester, 1 Bromsgrove
80-90 – 3
70-79 – 5
60-69 – 0
50-59 – 2
Under 50 – 1