Electric Scooters: Death and Injuries
(asked on 11th January 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
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.
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 |