Road Traffic Offences: Mobile Phones
(asked on 23rd November 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been prosecuted for the use of hand-held mobile devices while driving in the past 12 months.
This question was answered on 7th December 2017
In 2016, the most recent period for which figures are available, 12,853 defendants were proceeded against at magistrates courts in England and Wales for using or causing others to use a handheld mobile phone whilst driving.