Transport

Thursday 23rd May 2024 Written Corrections

E-scooters: Deaths and Serious Injuries

The following extract is from the Westminster Hall debate on E-scooters: Deaths and Serious Injuries on 22 May 2024.

[Anthony Browne]

…First, the hon. Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North (Gavin Newlands) mentioned the statistics on deaths. In 2022, there were 12 deaths from e-scooters; 11 were the riders themselves, and two of those were within the trial. So far, four people in total have been killed on the trial scooters. Clearly, with the non-trial scooters there is a far higher incidence of deaths.

The latest figures that I have seen on accidents are from 2022. There were a total of 1,492 accidents, of which 12 resulted in death and 440 were serious accidents.

[Official Report, 22 May 2024; Vol. 750, c. 404WH.]

Written correction submitted by the Under-Secretary of State for Transport, the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire (Anthony Browne):

[Anthony Browne]

… The latest figures that I have seen on accidents are from 2022. There were a total of 1,402 collisions, resulting in 1,492 injuries, of which 12 resulted in death and 440 were serious accidents.