Police have seized more than 110 e-scooters and e-bikes over the last three months, as people continue to be seriously injured in incidents involving the vehicles. 

Thames Valley Police have seized a total of 118 e-scooters and e-bikes between June 1 and September 8, 2024. Officers seized 21 of these vehicles in the first eight days of this month. 

In the last two weeks, two people have been seriously injured in incidents involving e-scooters. On Sunday, September 1, a teenage boy on an e-scooter swerved to the opening door of a park van, resulting in the boy colliding with a lamppost.

Less than a week later on Friday, September 6 in Avebury Boulevard, Milton Keynes, a woman in her sixties was left with serious head injuries after she was struck by someone riding an e-scooter. 

In relation to the incident in Milton Keynes, a 40-year-old man from the town was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, driving whilst disqualified, and failing to stop at the scene of a road traffic collision.

He has been released on bail.

Community Policing Command Inspector Mike Darrah said: “Dangerous, illegal, and inappropriate use of both e-scooters and e-bikes poses serious risks in the community and is something the public continue to rightly raise to us as a concern.

“These stats highlight the progress we are making in dealing with this issue but as the incidents of the past couple of weeks in different areas of the force show, there is still a lot more work to do.

“Through both seizing vehicles that are being used illegally and continuing to educate people on the laws, preventing offences, our communities will be safer.”

It is illegal to ride a privately owned electric scooter in public spaces, including on the road. Those who are found to be riding privately owned e-scooters in public risk receiving a large fine, points on their driving licence and seizure of their e-scooter.

To ride an e-bike legal, the bike has to comply with legislation and the rider must be over the age of 14,