Data on fires involving e‑bikes or e‑scooters

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

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