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- FOI 1854 - Fires caused...
Please could you tell me for each of 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023:
- How many fires suspected of being caused by faulty e-bike or scooter batteries have there been which have been responded to by your fire service
- How many of these caused injuries?
- How many of these cause death?
E-Bike Battery Fires
Year | Fires | Injuries | Fatalities |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scooter Battery Fires
Year | Fires | Injuries | Fatalities |
2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Please be aware that there is no specific category on our data systems for scooter, e-scooter, e-bike or electric bike. The information provided is based on a keyword search for ‘scooter’, ‘e-scooter’, ‘electric scooter’, ‘e-bike’ or ‘electric bike’ on our incident recording systems. Therefore, the data provided may not include all fires involving scooters or e-bikes unless these keywords were recorded on the incident logs.
Last updated: Friday, 16 February 2024