Direct Line puts headlights on drivers' vision

Motorists who need glasses or contact lenses but drive without them, increase their risk of an accident by four times, new research has found.

A survey of over 2,000 people conducted by Direct Line Car Insurance found that 16% drivers have had an accident in the past two years, but this figure increased to 67% for those who needed glasses or contacts but didn’t always wear them.

Worryingly, the equivalent of 13.3m motorists were found to be driving with poor eyesight as a result of not wearing their glasses or contact lenses with 21% of respondents saying they always drove without them. More than a third (37%) of motorists also admitted that they hadn’t had a vision test in the past two years.