More and more people are being hurt in crashes with e-scooters, official figures show.
In 2020, just one person in the North East was injured in collisions involving e-scooters - a figure which rose to 17 last year. Most of the crashes were in the Northumbria Police area - one in 2020 rising to 16 in 2021 (the other crash in 2021 was in Cleveland).
It is illegal to use a privately owned e-scooter on public roads, as well as on pavements or in cycle lanes. The only exception to this is using rental e-scooters as part of Government-run trials of e-scooters, which are currently taking place in around 30 areas.
