Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of e-scooter usage on road and pedestrian safety.

No decisions have been made as to the detail of e-scooter regulation, and the Department will consult on any new regulations so that all interested parties have a chance to shape the new regime.

As part of a small sample estimate within the national trials evaluation, the rental e-scooter casualty rate was estimated to be higher than pedal cycles (13 vs 3.9 casualties per million miles). This should be treated with caution as e-scooters were a new mode in 2021, and the evaluation also demonstrated most e-scooter collisions happened with inexperienced users.

The Department regularly monitors STATS19 to examine trends in collisions involving e-scooters reported by the police. This covers both e-scooter riders and other road users, such as pedestrians. The Department continues to look at how it can improve road safety for pedestrians and road users.