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Electric Scooters: Death and Injuries

Question for Department for Transport

UIN HL1530, tabled on 11 January 2024

To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) pedestrians, and (2) drivers, have been (a) injured, or (b) killed, by electric scooters in each of the past three years.

Answered on

23 January 2024

DfT reports on the number of personal injury road traffic collisions involving e-scooters, in Great Britain, using the STATS19 reporting system.

STATS19 data does not allow the precise cause of collisions to be determined so it is not possible to provide figures for injuries or deaths caused by a particular road user type.

The table shows the number of reported road casualties for pedestrians and drivers of motorised vehicles (including cars, motorcycles, buses, coaches, and good vehicles) in collisions involving e-scooters by severity in Great Britain, 2020 to 2022 (the latest year for which data is available).

Year

Road user type

Killed

Serious injury (adjusted)

Slight injury (adjusted)

Total casualties

2020

Pedestrians

0

13

44

57

2021

Pedestrians

0

66

163

229

2022

Pedestrians

1

60

172

233

2020

Motorised vehicle drivers

0

2

13

15

2021

Motorised vehicle drivers

0

3

27

30

2022

Motorised vehicle drivers

0

3

35

38