E-bike fires

Request

1. The number of incidents attended which featured an e-bike fire in each of these financial years:

 

a) 2020/21

b) 2021/22

c) 2022/23

d) 2023/24

e) 2024/25

f) 2025/26

 

2. The number of these incidents that involved a fatality

 

3. Details of any enforcement action taken against a supplier of e-bikes; a shop which carries out e-bike conversions or any correspondence sent to one of these institutions relating to fire safety in the financial year 2025/26

 

4. Details (if held) of where any e-bike which caused a fatal fire since 2020 was purchased, or which company manufactured it

Decision

1.

 

No. of incidents

2021/2022

1

 

2022/2023

1

 

2023/2024

0

 

2024/2025

2

 

2025/2026

1

 

Grand Total

5

 

 

 

2.

 

No. of incidents

2021/2022

0

 

2022/2023

0

 

2023/2024

0

 

2024/2025

0

 

2025/2026

0

 

Grand Total

0

 

 

 

3.  Lincolnshire County Council have not taken any enforcement action on an e-bike supplier or shop

 

4. No fatal fires of this kind recorded

Reference number
16650457
Date request received
25 May 2026
Date of decision
19 June 2026