Herefordshire ranked Ninth on the drowsy driver table.
Driving whilst tired can be extremely dangerous, slowing down reaction times and causing accidents. This is why Sleepseeker, experts in sleep have undertaken research to reveal the areas of the UK with the drowsiest drivers.
The Areas With the Most Drowsy Drivers Revealed:
| Rank | Local authority | Accidents caused by fatigue 2020 (per 100,000 people) |
| 1 | Oxfordshire | 5.74 |
| 2 | Wiltshire | 4.36 |
| 3 | Kent | 4.09 |
| 4 | Gwynedd | 3.99 |
| 5 | Cornwall | 3.84 |
| 6 | Warwickshire | 3.60 |
| 7 | Conwy | 3.38 |
| 8 | Cambridgeshire | 3.35 |
| 9 | Herefordshire | 3.10 |
| 10 | Devon | 3.08 |
To reveal the area of the UK with the most sleep deprived drivers, data from the Department for Transport 2022 accident by contributory factor, local authority and English region report was used. This data was then combined with ONS population figures to calculate rates per 100,000.
This is only part of the story, the data revealed much more 👇👇
- Oxfordshire has the highest proportion of accidents caused by tired drivers, at just under 6 per 100,000 people in 2020.
- Herefordshire is Ninth with 3.1 accidents per 100,000 people, according to the data.
- Aberdeen City has seen the biggest average increase in drowsy drivers of 1,085%, with Somerset (769%) in second position and Wiltshire (599%) ranking third.
- The areas with the biggest average decrease are Newcastle upon Tyne (41%), Leeds (35%), and Edinburgh (31%).
- At the other end of the scale these are the areas with the least drowsy driving accidents:
| Rank | Local authority | Accidents caused by fatigue 2020 (per 100,000 people) |
| 1 | Leicestershire | 0.14 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 0.20 |
| 3 | Wandsworth | 0.30 |
| 4 | Dudley | 0.31 |
| 5 | Walsall | 0.35 |
| 6 | Manchester | 0.36 |
| 7 | Westminster | 0.37 |
| 8 | Rotherham | 0.38 |
| 9 | Harrow | 0.40 |
| 10 | Aberdeen City | 0.44 |
Further details can be found here
