Hidden Risks on UK Roads: Seat Belts & Mobile Phones

Organisation: PACTS

Date of Publication: December 2025

Uploaded to Knowledge Centre: 20 January 2026

This report brings together new analysis, evidence from police forces and technology providers, and findings from long-term deployments of AI-enabled enforcement systems.

It highlights a substantial gap between official compliance estimates and real-world behaviour, indicating that thousands of offences are going undetected each day.

The report also includes new case studies, such as results from Devon & Cornwall Police, where the Acusensus system has identified almost 5,000 seat belt offences and more than 2,000 distraction offences since mid-2024, alongside signs of measurable behavioural change.

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