Solicitors fear there could be a surge in accidents involving E-scooters thanks to an oncoming change in the law. Transport Secretary Grant Sharps has indicated that privately-owned E-scooters may soon be made legal on roads and road traffic experts, Forbes Solicitors, are preparing for a surge in accidents.
Electric scooters can be seen around cities all over the UK, with an estimated one million being sold in the UK to date. Since June 2021, London has been testing an E-Scooter rental campaign in order to reduce carbon emission and it has been a great success, with more than 585,000 trips being taken covering a total of 1.6million kilometres.
The scooters are described by Ben Bradshaw from the Department for Transport as a “convenient, cheap and environmentally friendly form of transport”, but others strongly disagree. Research by the Department for Transport shows that a total of 1,034 e-scooter riders or passengers were injured in 2021, accounting for 76 per cent of all casualties in crashes involving the devices. That includes nine users who were killed and 305 who were seriously hurt.
