The numbers of reported personal injury road accidents which involved a heavy goods vehicle with at least one vehicle defect recorded as a contributory factor are given in the table, broken down by (i) region and (ii) left or right hand drive.
Vehicle defect contributory factors include:
Tyres illegal, defective or under inflated
Defective lights or indicators
Defective brakes
Defective steering or suspension
Defective or missing mirrors
Overloaded or poorly loaded vehicle or trailer
Information on drivers’ working hours and the country of origin of heavy goods vehicles which are involved in road accidents are not collected. Information on contributory factors is not available before 2005.
2005 2006 2007 Government office regions Right hand drive Left hand drive Right hand drive Left hand drive Right hand drive Left hand drive North East 7 0 5 0 8 0 North West 25 0 34 0 25 1 Yorkshire and the Humber 21 0 25 0 27 0 East Midlands 28 0 27 1 22 0 West Midlands 23 0 23 0 24 1 East of England 26 1 36 1 28 0 South East 45 0 44 1 37 2 London 15 0 12 0 4 0 South West 18 0 4 0 13 0 Wales 12 0 17 0 14 0 Scotland 17 0 14 0 13 0 Total 237 1 241 3 215 4 1 Includes only accidents where a police officer attended the scene and in which a contributory factor was reported.