Road safety

E-scooter users injured on the roads

E-scooter users killed and injured in police-reported collisions in Great Britain from 2021 to 2025: the trend, who they are, and when and where it happens.

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Records analysed
5,631 e-scooter user casualties
Methodology
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  • Casualties, 2025 1,162 +6.0% on 2024
  • Killed, 2025 10 0.7% of all road deaths
  • Killed or seriously injured 420 36.1% of e-scooter users casualties (adjusted)
  • Share of casualties 0.9% of everyone injured in 2025

E-scooter users killed and injured since 2021

In 2025, 10 e-scooter users were killed and 410 seriously injured on Great Britain’s roads, out of 1,162 e-scooter user casualties. Casualties are up 5.4% on 2021, and deaths about the same as in 2021.

Casualties by severity

Serious and slight are DfT’s adjusted figures.

E-scooter users casualties in Great Britain by severity and year
Year SlightSeriousKilled
2021 77132110
2022 79934411
2023 7803316
2024 7393525
2025 74241010

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated

Killed each year

E-scooter users killed on Great Britain’s roads by year
Year Killed
2021 10
2022 11
2023 6
2024 5
2025 10

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated

Age and sex

77.8% of e-scooter user casualties where sex was recorded were male. The largest age band is 16 to 20, with 1,148 casualties from 2021 to 2025.

E-scooter users casualties by age, 2021 to 2025

DfT’s age bands differ in width.

E-scooter users casualties by age band and severity, 2021 to 2025
Age SlightKilled or seriously injured
0–5 143
6–10 12857
11–15 747287
16–20 826322
21–25 547240
26–35 702369
36–45 361254
46–55 199160
56–65 8268
66–75 714
Over 75 22

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated

When e-scooter users are hurt

The peak hour is 17:00 to 17 :59, the busiest day Thursday, and the busiest month Jul ( 612 casualties from 2021 to 2025, against 308 in Dec).

Casualties by hour of the day

E-scooter users casualties by hour of the day, 2021 to 2025
Hour Casualties
00 101
01 48
02 56
03 30
04 25
05 57
06 84
07 177
08 284
09 180
10 179
11 195
12 245
13 278
14 344
15 468
16 553
17 573
18 486
19 383
20 307
21 243
22 202
23 133

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated

By day of the week

E-scooter users casualties by day of the week, 2021 to 2025
Day Casualties
Monday 770
Tuesday 859
Wednesday 819
Thursday 899
Friday 882
Saturday 787
Sunday 615

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated

By month

E-scooter users casualties by month, 2021 to 2025
Month Casualties
Jan 357
Feb 366
Mar 436
Apr 458
May 523
Jun 597
Jul 612
Aug 515
Sep 532
Oct 524
Nov 403
Dec 308

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated

Where e-scooter users are hurt

94.0% of e-scooter user casualties are in urban areas, but 42.0% of those in rural areas are killed or seriously injured, against 31.3% in towns. The share killed or seriously injured is highest on 40 mph roads (33.3%).

By road class

E-scooter users casualties by road class, 2021 to 2025
Road class Casualties
Motorway 0.0% killed or seriously injured 1
A-road 30.5% killed or seriously injured 1,849
B-road 30.6% killed or seriously injured 600
C-road 31.0% killed or seriously injured 255
Unclassified road 33.3% killed or seriously injured 2,926

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated

By speed limit

E-scooter users casualties by speed limit, 2021 to 2025
Speed limit Casualties
20 mph 31.8% killed or seriously injured 1,533
30 mph 31.8% killed or seriously injured 3,816
40 mph 33.3% killed or seriously injured 219
50 mph 33.9% killed or seriously injured 30
60 mph 49.8% killed or seriously injured 27
70 mph 35.4% killed or seriously injured 6

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated

By light

E-scooter users casualties by light conditions, 2021 to 2025
Light Casualties
Daylight 30.0% killed or seriously injured 3,967
Dark, street lights lit 35.9% killed or seriously injured 1,463
Dark, street lights unlit 40.9% killed or seriously injured 46
Dark, no street lighting 61.6% killed or seriously injured 26
Dark, lighting unknown 38.1% killed or seriously injured 129

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated

Urban or rural

E-scooter users casualties in urban and rural areas, 2021 to 2025
Area Casualties
Urban 31.3% killed or seriously injured 5,291
Rural 42.0% killed or seriously injured 339

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated

Data sources and methodology

Datasets used on this page
Figures Source Period Records Updated
E-scooter users casualties Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport
Derived statistics UK Motoring
2021 to 2025 5,631 e-scooter user casualties 15 September 2026
  • Casualties from 2021 to 2025: 5,631 in all, 42 killed.
  • E-scooter users are riders and passengers of a vehicle police flagged as an e-scooter, private or rental. Pedestrians hit by an e-scooter count as pedestrians.
  • Serious and slight figures are DfT’s adjusted estimates for injury-based reporting.
  • Breakdowns leave out casualties where the field was not recorded.

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