Asked by: Joe Powell (Labour - Kensington and Bayswater)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of leg injuries caused by riding Lime bikes, known as Lime Leg, have presented in accident and emergency departments in each of the last five years.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department does not collect data in the format requested. The National Health Service reports on Admitted Patient Care activity in England, including the cause of a patient's attendance in hospital, as part of the Hospital Admitted Patient Care Activity record. The report details the number of attendances caused by injury from collision with pedal cyclists, and the number of pedal cyclists injured from collisions or other non-collision transport accidents. The report does not specify or separate reporting for e-bike users, including Lime bikes. The publication can be found at the following link: