Electric Vehicle (EV) fires in Shropshire

Reference

1345

Information Released

Yes

Received Date

01/11/2023 12:00 am

Responded Date

27/11/2023 12:00 am

FOI Topics

Incident and emergency response

Request detail

For the purpose of statistical analysis related to electric vehicle fires, I request information on individual cases of electric vehicle fire incidents that have occurred in Shropshire in the last 5 years (2018-2023). The information I am seeking includes:

1. Number of EV fires from Jan. 2018 – Current
2. Please include a breakdown of types of vehicle in the data (car, bus/coach, e-bike/e-scooter, etc)
3. Please include details on day, month, year, location cause of fire, fire spread and injuries/fatalities as a result of the fire
4. If possible, can you provide any details on the vehicle or battery Informations, or if the batteries had a battery management system or state of health monitoring?

I hope to receive the file in Excel format.

Response detail

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. Please refer to the attached spreadsheet containing the requested information where this has been recorded in our Incident Recording System.

Documents

Copy of EV Fires
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