There were 15 reported casualties in crashes involving e-scooters during 2022 in Norfolk where scooter rental scheme trials are taking place in Norwich and Great Yarmouth.
That is a third fewer than the 21 casualties in the previous year – though it is still double the number in 2020/21.
Crashes involving scooter riders make up only 1pc of the total road accident casualties.
However, the Department for Transport figures – which are based on data supplied by police forces – are likely to be an underestimate of the true numbers.
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Norfolk police said in a Freedom of Information request there had been 120 reports of incidents involving e-scooters in 12 months, including a person using one to pull a trailer at 60mph.
In another incident an 18-year-old who crashed an e-scooter while three times over the drink-drive limit was banned from driving.
The only e-scooters that can currently be ridden on the road are those hired as part of approved hire scheme trials.
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