E-scooter crashes in UK leave one dead, 59 seriously injured in 2024

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2025-09-30

London (PA Media/dpa) - One pedestrian was killed and 59 were seriously injured in e-scooter crashes in Britain last year, figures show, causing a charity for blind people to brand them "fast, silent and unpredictable." A further 158 suffered minor injuries in collisions with the vehicles, according to the Department for Transport (DfT) statistics. Pedestrians were the road user type most at risk of being injured in e-scooter crashes last year, e......

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