Mobility scooter safety call

Campaigners are calling for the ‘urgent’ addition of mobility scooter users to the Highway Code. The request follows data showing that fatalities nearly doubled in 2023, when compared to the previous year.

   DfT statistics show 16 mobility scooter users were killed and 80 were reported seriously injured in collisions in 2023, up from nine fatalities and 64 serious injuries in 2022. 

   Mobility scooter users were among the few road user groups to experience a notable rise in casualties in 2023, while most other groups saw either a decrease or no change at all.

   Research by mobility scooter insurance intermediary, Surewise, has also highlighted the following

• Mobility scooter users are nearly three times  more likely to be killed in a road collision than any other road user group.
• Over the past decade, casualties involving  mobility scooters have increased by an average of 20% annually. 
• In 2023, 74% of mobility scooter crashes involved one other vehicle.