Electric Bicycles: Death and Injuries

(asked on 5th March 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many injuries and deaths caused by e-scooters and e-bikes there have been in each of the past three years.


Answered by
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill Portrait
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 10th March 2026

The information requested is not held.

Data on deaths and injuries in reported road collisions is based on information reported to the Department by police forces in Great Britain via the system known as STATS19.

STATS19 does not distinguish between e-bikes, which will be included within the pedal cycle or electric motorcycle categories depending on their power rating. Additionally, STATS19 does not assign blame to any of the participants in collisions, so that it is not possible to provide figures on injuries or deaths caused by any mode of transport.

The number of deaths and injuries in collisions involving e-scooters and pedal cycles is shown in the table, for the three most recent years for which figures are available. In most cases, the casualties was the rider of the e-scooter or the pedal cyclist themselves.

Killed

Injured

Total casualties

Collisions involving e-scooters

2022

12

1,490

1,502

2023

6

1,381

1,387

2024

6

1,384

1,390

Collisions involving pedal cycles

2022

94

16,426

16,520

2023

92

15,748

15,840

2024

85

15,392

15,477

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