Almost four times as many men as women in the Bath area have been caught using their mobile phone while driving.
Figures published by the road safety charity Brake reveal that there are 1,846 men in the BA post code area who have been convicted of phoning or texting while at the wheel, compared to 471 women.
Of these, five men and one woman have nine points on their licence because of their offending.
Monday marked the start of Road Safety Week, with drivers being urged to think about the dangers of being distracted when driving.
The campaign asks motorists to consider turning their phones off or putting them in the boot, so they are not tempted to answer a call.
Brake's campaign officer Joe Burns said: "We're living in an age when being constantly connected is the norm; more and more of us have smartphones, and find it hard to switch off, even for a minute.
"While there are enormous benefits to this new technology, it's also posing dangerous temptations to drivers to divert their concentration away from the critical task at hand, often putting our most vulnerable road users in danger.
"Many people who wouldn't dream of drink-driving are succumbing to using their phone and other distractions while driving, oblivious that the effect can be similar and the consequences just as horrific."
He added: "We're calling on the South West's drivers to tune into road safety: turn off your phone or put it in the boot, and never try to multi-task at the wheel.
"We're also appealing to everyone to refuse to chat to someone on the phone who's driving, to help them arrive safely."
In total more than 30,000 drivers across the South West have points on their licence for using their mobile phone at the wheel and almost two in three schoolchildren report being driven by someone distracted by their phone.
Road Safety Week has seen events and demonstrations take place in schools, universities and town centres across the UK.
The campaign is being supported by Lifeskills and Avon and Somerset Police.
PC Dave Adams, education and projects officer with the force's roads policing unit, said: "Events like this are a fantastic opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of responsible driving.
"It is vital that people using vehicles on our road networks remain focused on safe responsible driving.
"We all need to remember that driving is a privilege and not a right and driving is a skill that requires our full concentration.
"Distractions either within the vehicle or elsewhere can cause drivers or riders to miss developments on the road, which affect the driving situation often resulting in poor driving or collisions."
