One in 10 suffer injuries while using mobiles

WALKING into a lamp-post while texting might raise a laugh, but exposes a serious and growing public hazard, it was claimed yesterday.

Accidents of this sort are happening every day with hospital casualty staff reporting increasing numbers of mishaps, said technology expert Dr Joanna Lumsden.

Anecdotal evidence suggested as many as one in 10 people in Britain had suffered injuries as a result of tripping, falling, colliding with a solid object, or being involved in a road accident while using a mobile phone.