NFRS 2023 102 - e-bike

You asked for

1. Between January 1st 2023 - December 31st 2023, how many fires were suspected of being caused by faulty e-bike or e-scooter batteries by your fire service?
2. How many injuries occurred as a result of these fires?
3. How many deaths occurred as a result from these fires?

Our Response

1. Between January 1st 2023 - December 31st 2023, how many fires were suspected of being caused by faulty e-bike or e-scooter batteries by your fire service? 
   Answer: - 5, However note that data on electric bikes and scooters is only captured via comments and radio messages and aren’t a mandatory field on the incident recording form.
2. How many injuries occurred as a result of these fires?
   Answer: - 4
3. How many deaths occurred as a result from these fires?
   Answer: - No Information Held, no deaths recorded as a result of these incidents.