- Request
-
Please provide data on fires involving e‑bikes or e‑scooters recorded by your fire service. Specifically, I would be grateful for:
1) The annual total number of fires involving e‑bikes or e‑scooters for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and for the year to date in 2026.
2) A breakdown of these annual totals by device type (e‑bike or e‑scooter).
3) A breakdown of these annual totals by the number of related injuries and fatalities.
- Decision
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1. See table below
Year
No. of incidents
2020
0
2021
1
2022
1
2023
1
2024
3
2025
3
2026 (Jan-Mar)
1
Grand Total
10
2. See table below
Year
No. of incidents caused by e-bike
No. of incidents caused by e-scooter
Grand Total
2020
0
0
0
2021
1
0
1
2022
1
0
1
2023
0
1
1
2024
2
1
3
2025
1
2
3
2026 (Jan-Mar)
0
1
1
Grand Total
5
5
10
3. See table below
Year
No. of Injuries
No. of fatalities
Grand Total
2020
0
0
0
2021
0
0
0
2022
1
0
1
2023
0
0
0
2024
6
0
6
2025
0
0
0
2026 (Jan-Mar)
0
0
0
Grand Total
7
0
7
- Reference number
- FOI 15967641
- Date request received
- 24/03/26
- Date of decision
- 20/04/26