eBike and eScooter fires 2020-2025

Request detail

I am writing to request information relating to domestic fires caused by e-bike and e-scooter batteries as part of our ongoing efforts to improve consumer awareness and improve safety legislation pertaining to these devices. The full request is detailed below:

1. Please provide the number domestic fires you have attended between January 1^st 2020 and December 31^st 2025 where the cause of the fire was deemed to be from an e-bike or e-scooter battery. Please break this data down into yearly figures and differentiate the numbers of those for e-bikes and those for e-scooters.

2. Of these incidents, please detail the breakdown of these fires where the cause was a fully manufactured e-bike, a converted or modified e-bike and an e-scooter.

3. Of these incidents, please specify the number of fatalities and casualties this has resulted in, presenting the figures for fatalities and casualties separately.