Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 77398

Injuries: Electric Bicycles

Tabled: 15 September 2025
Answered: 14 October 2025

Question

Mr Paul Kohler

Liberal DemocratWimbledon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has issued guidance to (a) hospitals and (b) local health authorities on collecting consistent data on injuries linked to (i) hire and (ii) electric bikes.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
The Department collects data from police forces on road casualties, including in relation to cyclists, and publishes statistics twice a year. There are no plans to extend this to include hospitals or local health authorities.