YOU may not have noticed it but you’ve almost certainly seen it.

The number of narrowly missed collisions with people staring at their phone is rocketing.

Across Reading keen Pokémon trainers have set their sights on being the very best with new mobile gaming craze Pokémon Go.

All across the town the miniature creatures have been appearing on phone screens.

Walking around the real world moves an avatar on the phone screen who embarks on their quest to catch ‘em all.

Adults, teens and even children can now been seen with their eyes firmly glued to their phones as they hunt out a Pikachu hiding in the shrubbery.

The pocket-sized monsters are caught using a deft thumb and pokéballs.

Landmarks across Reading have been turned into pokéstops where tired trainers can stock up on pokéballs and other useful items.

You only need to put your head around the corner of Forbury Gardens to see intrepid explorers hunting their next big catch.

Nintendo, whose value has doubled since the launch of the game, have made the original 150 pokémon including old-school favourites like Charmander, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur available across the country.

This perhaps explains why it’s 20-somethings and not young children you can see walking round with their eyes glued to their phones.

They both have the phones to play the game on and it takes them back to their childhood sitting in the living room or on long car journeys exploring the Pokémon world for the first time.

The game allows players to choose one of three teams, blue, red, and yellow, and players can then compete to take over pokémon ‘gyms’ set up at key locations around the town.

Whilst the Forbury Lion, Abbey Walk, and even Sweeny Todds’ pie shop are pokéstops where players can refuel the Salvation Army, St Mary the Virgin Church and the Central Club mural are all gyms that can be won, lost and held by skilled trainers.

The game has proved so popular across the world servers keep crashing and frustrated players have been left unable to train their pokémon.