The line graphs given show statistics on the percentage of drivers’ hand-held and hands-free mobile phone use in England from 2002 to 2009, while the pie chart illustrates the kinds of road accidents caused by the usage of mobile phones in 2013.
Overall, car and van/lorry drivers, despite considerable shifts, displayed an upward trend in phone use; however, the latter used mobiles significantly more than the former. As for accidents, the majority of these collisions were slight, with the rest being serious or fatal.
In detail, the first line graph on hand-held mobiles suggested significant fluctuation for van/lorry drivers. Mobile use plummeted from 2.8% in 2002 to 2.0% in 2004, before rising steadily to 2.9% in mid-2006. In the period after, mobile use plunged to an all-time low at 1.8% in mid-2007; however, from 2008 onwards, this rate followed an increasing pattern, hitting 2.6% in 2009. Car drivers demonstrated a similar pattern, albeit at a much lower rate.
As for hands-free mobile phone usage, for van/lorry drivers, this rate rose substantially from 1.4% in 2002 to 2.5% in 2004. Afterwards followed a decreasing trajectory from its peak in 2004 to its lowest in mid-2007 at only 0.6%. In the years after, phone use surged dramatically to 2.4% in 2009. Similarly, car drivers’ phone use varies, with its lowest and highest point at 0.4% in 2007 and 1.9% in 2004, respectively.
In terms of accidents, slight accidents account for the bulk of collisions at 327, approximately three-quarters of the total amount. Next came serious accidents, amounting to about a fifth of collisions at 73. Finally, fatal accidents took up the lowest percentage at only 22.