Man dies in e-scooter crash in Wolverhampton
A man has died six days after being involved in a crash with a car while riding an e-scooter on a road in Wolverhampton. This is the latest in a series of accidents involving the emerging technology, but believed to be the first fatality. The Daily Mail reports 20 year old Shakur Pinnock spent a […]
Voi adds artificial noise to e-scooters in pilot with RNIB
E-scooter provider Voi is installing sound on its vehicles in three cities in an attempt to combat pavement riding and help protect pedestrians with sight loss. The company says its engineers have designed a bespoke ‘low hum’ which will be added to itsbright coral e-scooters to alert other road users that one is approaching. It […]
E-scooter trial begins in London
A trial of e-scooters is getting underway in London today in an initiative that is hoped will reduce car travel. Three companies, Dott, Lime and Tier, have been approved to operate e-scooter trials in London. The trial lead at Transport for London, Helen Sharp, commented, “It’s clear that e-scooters could act as an innovative, greener […]
Two people seriously hurt in e-scooter crash in Liverpool
Police in Liverpool are appealing for information following a collision on Tuesday which left two passengers on an e-scooter seriously injured. They say they received a report at around 6.50pm that an electric scooter was in collision with a black Ford Fiesta at the junction of Mulgrave Street, Grove Street and Upper Parliament Street. Emergency […]
TV investigation discovers hundreds of e-scooter-related injuries
More question marks are being raised over the safety of e-scooters in busy areas, as the ITV investigative journalism show Tonight reports that the roll-out has led to hundreds of injuries and more than 1,000 complaints. Reporter Chris Choy says “the scale of problems with rental scooters is revealed” in “E-scooters: Britain’s New Road Rage?”, broadcast on […]
E-scooters approved for London trial
Three companies, Dott, Lime and Tier, have been approved to operate e-scooter trials in London. The devices will only legally be allowed to be used on roads and cycle paths in certain areas, and will not be permitted on pavements with pedestrians. E-scooters are already used illegally in London prompting safety concerns. Last month a […]
Child hospitalised after e-scooter collision
A three year old boy has been seriously injured after being run over by a person on an e-scooter in the Feltham area of London. Police say they were called on 17 April to deal with a collision on the A244 High Street. The boy had been walking along the pavement with his grandmother when […]
Columnist Hitchens tells Highways Voices e-scooters are “a recipe for injury”
One of the UK’s leading, and most outspoken, newspaper columnists has told the Highways News podcast Highways Voices that if you were designing a recipe for injury in busy town and city centres, you couldn’t come up with a better one than e-scooters. Listen here. Mail on Sunday writer Peter Hitchens appeared on Highways Voices […]
City of York adds more e-scooters to its year-long trial
There are now 250 e-scooters in use across York as part of a year-long e-scooter trial supported by operator TIER. Another 50 of them have been introduced this week as part of the Department for Transport-approved scheme renting an e-scooter in the city which costs users £1 to unlock and 15p per minute travelled. Andy […]
Zwings expands e-scooter operations in Newcastle-under-Lyme
One of Britain’s leading e-scooter rental scheme operators, Zwings, is working with Staffordshire County Council and Amey to provide a critical travel alternative for essential trips over the lockdown period by expanding e-scooter operations to Chesterton, Porthill, May Bank, Wolstanton and Lymedale Business Park in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The company says the third lockdown has shown a […]