Ten died on e-scooters in 2021 – PACTS
Latest research from the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety has found that ten people were killed and another 133 seriously injured on e-scooters in Britain last year. PACTS has been awarded a grant by the Road Safety Trust to collect data relating to incidents involving these micro-mobility devices and to form recommendations for their […]
Police in London recorded more than 250 e-scooter crashes in first six months of 2021
There are more question marks about the safety of e-scooters with new figures showing that the Metropolitan Police logged 258 crashes involving private vehicles in the first six months of last year. ITV news reports that the Metropolitan Police data was obtained by Labour’s London Assembly policing and crime spokesman Unmesh Desai, who said the […]
TfL announces safety ban of e-scooters on transport network
Transport for London (TfL) has announced that all privately-owned e-scooters and e-unicycles, including those that can be folded or carried, will be banned on London’s transport network from Monday 13 December. This is the result of safety concerns about these items following recent fires on TfL premises & services. Customers in possession of such devices […]
Surgeon warns of e-scooter injury “concern”
A surgeon in London is warning that the number of people needing complicated hospital treatment for injuries sustained while riding an e-scooter is impacting his trauma lists. Southwark News reports that King’s College Hospital consultant orthopaedic surgeon Raju Ahluwalia, at the hospital is commented that, “Our day case trauma surgical lists are being impacted with […]
PACTS issues another e-scooter safety warning
The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety has written a letter to Future of Transport Minister Trudy Harrison asking her to issue statements to retailers, the public and the police over the legality of private e-scooters. Although trial rental schemes enable people to use regulated e-scooters legally in around 32 towns and cities in England, […]
PCC calls for e-scooter sales ban
The Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands is calling on the Government to ban any private e-scooter sales until they have been made legal to ride on roads. The Daily Mail reports Simon Foster has written to the Transport Secretary warning of additional deaths and injuries if a “crackdown” isn’t introduced. In his […]
Extension to Canterbury electric scooter trial
The trial of electric scooters in Canterbury, Kent has been extended until the end of March 2022. Kent County Council is announcing the continuation of its part in the national trial following guidance from the Department for Transport (DfT). The e-scooters, operated by Bird, are part of a Government-led trial Rental e-scooters were first introduced […]
MPs warned not to rush into legalising private e-scooters
MPS are being told there is a “world of safety difference” between e-scooter rental schemes and the use of private e-scooters. The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety says any evaluation of rental trials cannot and should not be automatically applied to regulations for private e-scooters. The safety of private e-scooters in the UK, an interim report […]
DASA searches for solutions to put a stop to e-scooter and e-bike crime
The government’s Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is looking for solutions, innovative capabilities and ideas for stopping or preventing E-Scooter and E-Bike enabled crime at any maturity level. This includes solutions that allow E-Scooters, E-Bikes or suspects using them unlawfully to be electronically located post event, to reduce the need for a vehicle pursuit, it […]
TfL extends e-scooter trials into Camden
TfL, Camden Council and London Councils have announced an expansion of the capital’s trial of rental e-scooters with e-scooters now available in Camden. The borough becomes the tenth borough to join the trial alongside Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, Richmond, Tower Hamlets (including Canary Wharf), City of London, Lambeth, Southwark and Westminster. There […]
