Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents were reported involving mobility scooters in 2014.
The Department introduced the collection of data on personal injury road accidents involving motorised mobility scooters in 2011. A total of 29 out of 44 police forces supplied data in 2014. Across these forces, the number of reported personal injury road accidents involving mobility scooters in 2014 is given in the table below.
Number of reported personal injury road accidents involving mobility scooters: GB, 2014
Severity | 2014 (1) |
Fatal | 9 |
Serious | 46 |
Slight | 153 |
All severities | 208 |
(1) Date from 29 out of 44 police forces
The Department expects that all forces will supply data by the end of 2016.