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Accessibility Report

UK Website AccessibilityEquality Act 2010 / PSBAR 2018

543 UK websites scanned for WCAG 2.1 AA compliance under the Equality Act 2010 and Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations 2018. 77% failed.

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Sites Scanned

543

UK domains

Fail Rate

77%

418 of 543 sites

Average Score

36

out of 100

Critical Violations

46.2%

251 sites

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Accessibility Score Distribution

39.2% of UK sites scored 0-10. Only 6.4% achieved 91-100.

Top 10 Violations

Ranked by occurrence across all 543 scans.

1

All page content should be contained by landmarks

region

369moderate
2

UK public sector websites must publish an accessibility statement

uk-accessibility-statement

264critical
3

Elements must meet minimum color contrast ratio thresholds

color-contrast

197serious
4

Document should have one main landmark

landmark-one-main

178moderate
5

Landmarks should have a unique role or accessible name combination

landmark-unique

145moderate
6

Links must have discernible text

link-name

143serious
7

Cookie consent banners must be keyboard accessible and work with screen readers

uk-cookie-consent-accessible

123moderate
8

All touch targets must be 24px large or leave sufficient space

target-size

122serious
9

Heading levels should only increase by one

heading-order

117moderate
10

Page should contain a level-one heading

page-has-heading-one

108moderate

UK Jurisdiction-Specific Findings

63.7% of sites (346 of 543) had at least one UK-specific violation.

UK public sector websites must publish an accessibility statement (SI 2018/952, Regulation 8)

uk-accessibility-statement

264

48.6% of sites

Cookie consent banners must be keyboard accessible (PECR + Equality Act 2010)

uk-cookie-consent-accessible

123

22.7% of sites

Best Performers

london-fire.gov.uk100/100
warwick.ac.uk100/100
moorfields.nhs.uk100/100
marksandspencer.com100/100
kent.gov.uk100/100

Worst Performers

news.scotsman.com9 violations
susanjacksonassociates.org9 violations
1stock1.com8 violations
businessinsider.com8 violations
beeston-notts.co.uk8 violations

Lighthouse Averages

Average Lighthouse scores across 542 successfully audited sites.

81

Accessibility

59

Performance

81

SEO

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Source: Real scan data from OnePageAudit. 543 UK websites scanned using axe-core 4.x and Lighthouse. WCAG 2.1 AA standard. Report by Palavir LLC.

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