Table 3: Reported e-scooters involved in collisions by ownership type, Great Britain, 2021 (provisional, selected police forces) from the Reported Road casualties Great Britain: e-Scooter factsheet 2021 (provisional) shows the Metropolitan Police recording 1 collision from a private e-scooter, 4 from a rental e-scooter and 482 were unknown. What steps can you take with the MPS and the rental providers to confirm the exact number of rental scooters involved in a collision versus the number of private e-scooters?

Transport for London (TfL) and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) work closely with the Department for Transport (DfT) and scheme operators to enhance the recording of collisions involving e-scooters. This has enabled the reporting of collisions involving e-scooters, as presented in the ‘Casualties in Greater London’ factsheet.

In addition, London e-scooter rental trial headline metrics, including the number of reported injuries, are published each period by TfL. The latest period data can be accessed here.

The DfT has recently issued guidance to police forces, including the Metropolitan and City police, that officers should differentiate between private and rental e-scooters when reporting personal injury collisions. In addition, the DfT STATS19 review includes a new category of ‘powered personal transporter device.’ These efforts will further improve TfL’s ability to differentiate between rental and privately-owned e-scooters in personal injury collisions.