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many drivers. Many will be telling loved ones when they expect to get home - and some won’t make it because they were on the phone and not paying attention to their driving.’

The RAC’s spokesman Pete Williams welcomed the figures but said the results for Scotland were ‘worrying’.

Roads minister Jesse Norman urged Britons to buckle up after the study revealed up to one in ten passengers do not wear a seatbelt.

Just 93.1 per cent of frontseat passengers – and 90.7 per cent of those in the back seat – wore their seatbelt.

However, the proportion of drivers doing so has risen to 96.5 per cent, compared with 95.3 per cent for England and Wales in 2014.