§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the number of accidents involving HGVs attributable(a) in whole and (b) in part to the defective eyesight of the HGV driver for the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available. [16728]
§ Mr. NorrisNo statistics are collected on the relationship between accidents and defective eyesight; it is practically impossible to link defective eyesight and accident liability. Even if tests of eyesight were routinely conducted after accidents, it could not be established that poor eyesight was responsible.