- Reference: 2023/4471
- Question by: Elly Baker
- Meeting date: 21 December 2023
In MQ 2022/1897 from June 2022 you stated that “The DfT has recently issued guidance to police forces, including the Metropolitan and City police, that officers should differentiate between private and rental e-scooters when reporting personal injury collisions”. However, the November 2023 “Reported road casualties Great Britain: e-Scooter factsheet 2022” shows that for “Reported e-scooters involved in collisions by ownership type, 2022” the Met police recorded 18 private e-scooters, 6 rental e-scooters and 336 unknown e-scooters. Can you explain why the number of unknowns is so high given the Met police was supposed to be differentiate between private and rental...