DVLA to digitise road accident reporting, requiring location coordinates before reports are filed

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) is advancing plans to digitise road accident reporting, introducing a system that will require accident reports to be filed from the location where an incident is reported.

The requirement is intended to strengthen the connection between an accident report and the actual location where the incident occurred, while improving the integrity of the information recorded.

Chief Executive Officer Julius Neequaye Kotey announced the development at the Government Accountability Series at the Jubilee House on Monday, October 12, 2026, explaining that the proposed system would improve the reliability of accident reports by requiring the location of an incident to be captured electronically.