E-bike injury payouts top £110m and push up insurance premiums
It is only seven years since the first claim over an injury from a micromobility vehicle was made.
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"It is frightening to think they are willingly handing these things over to people with no licence, no insurance, no nothing and just letting them go."
— Alison , Other
Key People
Alison is a victim of an e-scooter accident who suffered multiple injuries.
Billy Stokoe is a young man who was jailed for causing the death of an elderly woman while riding an e-bike.
Gloria Stephenson was an 86-year-old woman killed in an e-bike accident.
Trevor Chandler is a man from Coventry who was involved in a serious accident with an e-scooter.
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It is only seven years since the first claim over an injury from a micromobility vehicle was made.
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