E-Scooter collisions
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/23/0938
Version Date: 22/08/2023
The Road Safe Department have provided the following information.
These figures include injury collisions. reported to the Police within 30 days of the occurrence, that recorded at least one E-Scooter involved. It does not include medical episodes, off-road collisions or confirmed suicides. All 2022 and 2023 figures are subject to change.
Please note that due to the recording process of E-Scooters, some figures may not be complete.
Would it be possible to disclose the following information each month between January 2018 and July 1st 2023?
1. How many collisions involving e scooters were recorded by your force?
|
Month |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Jan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Feb |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
Mar |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
Apr |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
May |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
Jun |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
|
|
Jul |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
|
Aug |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
|
|
Sep |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
|
|
Oct |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Nov |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
|
|
Dec |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Total |
0 |
1 |
10 |
27 |
20 |
4 |
2. How many collisions included only one e scooter with no other vehicles involved in the collision?
|
Month |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Jan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Feb |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mar |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Apr |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
May |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Jun |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Jul |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Aug |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Sep |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Oct |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Nov |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
Dec |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Total |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
3. How many casualties were there in collisions involving e scooters?
|
Month |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Jan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Feb |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
Mar |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
Apr |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
May |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
Jun |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
|
|
Jul |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
|
Aug |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
|
|
Sep |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
|
|
Oct |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Nov |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
|
|
Dec |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Total |
0 |
1 |
10 |
28 |
20 |
4 |
4. Of all casualties in collisions involving e scooters – how many were e scooter riders?
|
Month |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Jan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Feb |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
Mar |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
Apr |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
May |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Jun |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Jul |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
Aug |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Sep |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Oct |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Nov |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Dec |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Total |
0 |
1 |
10 |
21 |
16 |
3 |
5. How many people have been killed in collisions involving e scooters? How many killed were the riders?
No fatal collisions in any of the years
6. How many people were seriously injured in collisions involving e scooters?
|
Month |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Jan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Feb |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Mar |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Apr |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
May |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Jun |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Jul |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Aug |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Sep |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Oct |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Nov |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
Dec |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Total |
0 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
How many were the riders?
|
Month |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Jan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Feb |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Mar |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Apr |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
May |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Jun |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Jul |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Aug |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Sep |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Oct |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Nov |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
Dec |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Total |
0 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
7. How many people were slightly injured in collisions involving e scooters?
|
Month |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Jan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Feb |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Mar |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
Apr |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
May |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
Jun |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
|
|
Jul |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Aug |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
|
|
Sep |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Oct |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Nov |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
Dec |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Total |
0 |
1 |
8 |
21 |
17 |
3 |
How many were the riders?
|
Month |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Jan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Feb |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Mar |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
Apr |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
May |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Jun |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Jul |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Aug |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Sep |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Oct |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Nov |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Dec |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Total |
0 |
1 |
8 |
15 |
13 |
2 |