E-scooters involved in 80 crashes in three years

Humberside Police seized 121 e-scooters in the year to March 2025

E-scooters have been involved in 80 road traffic collisions between April 2022 and March this year, Humberside Police figures show.

A Freedom of Information request to the force also found it seized 121 e-scooters in the year to March, up from 51 the previous year.

Under the current law, it is illegal to use a privately owned e-scooter on public land, although some towns and cities offer rental schemes for driving licence holders.

Ch Insp Will Jenkins said: "Our force currently runs several operations led by local policing teams in a bid to tackle antisocial and illegal use of e-scooters, e-bikes and motorcycles."

National data from 29 forces in England and Wales shows that 5,544 e-scooters have been taken off the streets since 2023.

Currently, it is not possible to get insurance for privately owned e-scooters, so it is illegal to use them in public spaces or on the roads and pavements.

The Humberside Police data, obtained by Personal Injury Claims UK, showed there were 18 road collisions involving the scooters in 2022/23, 38 the following year and 24 collisions in 2024/25, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

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