E-scooter accident & injury claims
Our personal injury solicitors secure life-changing compensation settlements and funded rehabilitation for people who have suffered severe injury in accidents and collisions involving e-scooters.
Serious injury claims for e-scooter riders, pedestrians and other road users.
Electric scooters, also known as e-scooters, are becoming increasingly common on our roads. Their size, cost, and convenience as a means of light, motorised transportation means that they are often used on paths and pavements too.
Accidents involving e-scooters are a rising cause of death and serious injury for their riders, other road users and pedestrians. In the UK, in 2021 alone, e-scooter accidents caused over 900 casualties. 40% of those involved head injury and other serious injuries, and 12 resulted in death.
Where someone is injured or killed in an e-scooter accident, as a result of the negligence of the rider or someone else, such as another driver, the injured person or their bereaved family may be entitled to compensation.
- Nationally recognised personal injury specialists with decades of experience
- Access to leading medical experts and rehabilitation professionals
- Proven track record of securing life-changing compensation
- Dedicated support from initial enquiry through to settlement
- No upfront costs and claim through a no win no fee agreement
Starting your e-scooter injury compensation claim
It costs nothing to talk to us to find out about making an e-scooter accident compensation claim for yourself or a member of your family. You can contact us for free, confidential advice from a specialist personal injury solicitor. In serious injury cases, we often visit our clients in the hospital or at their home if they are unable to get to our offices.
We will ask you to tell us briefly about the accident and injury. We will advise you about your time limits and whether we can help you make a claim. Your solicitor will discuss with you how your claim will be funded and advise, fully and clearly, how that works and what it will mean for you. We offer a range of funding options, but most of our clients’ claims are handled on a ‘no win no fee’ basis.
We will put your claim to the defendant individual or organisation whose negligence caused your injury and we will handle all communication on your behalf. The defendant’s insurers will usually handle the claim on the defendant’s behalf and will be responsible for paying any compensation. Once we are in contact with the defendant’s insurers, we can begin to secure the necessary rehabilitation and specialist support to meet the injured person’s immediate needs whilst we proceed with the claim.
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E-scooter injury compensation claims FAQs
What are e-scooter accident and injury claims?
E-scooters are classified as motor vehicles and can only legally be used in public places through the various e-scooter rental schemes currently being trialled in various locations across the UK. Under the current law, it is illegal to use a privately owned e-scooter on any road, pavement, path, park, or other public space. Most of the e-scooters on our roads are therefore unregulated and uninsured. Unlawful use of a private e-scooter can lead to fines and other penalties from criminal prosecution.
As e-scooters have become more common as a means of transport, increasing numbers of e-scooter riders, passengers, pedestrians, and other road users have been seriously injured or killed in accidents and collisions involving e-scooters. Where an e-scooter rider is seriously injured as a result of another driver’s negligence, or an e-scooter causes serious injury to another road user, such as a pedestrian, cyclist or motorcyclist, the injured person may be entitled to make a claim for compensation.
Claims involving e-scooters are complex and should be handled by specialist solicitors to ensure that, whatever the circumstances, the injured person obtains their full entitlement to compensation.
Who can make an e-scooter injury compensation claim?
If you have suffered serious injury in an e-scooter accident that was wholly or partly caused by someone else’s negligence, you may be entitled to substantial compensation.
We can obtain injury compensation for:
- e-scooter riders who are hit by another vehicle;
- e-scooter riders who are injured by the negligence of the highway authority or council;
- pedestrians who are hit by an e-scooter;
- cyclists who are hit by an e-scooter;
- motorcyclists or pillion passengers who are injured by an e-scooter rider’s negligence;
- drivers or passengers in cars or other vehicles who are injured by an e-scooter rider’s negligence.
E-scooter accident claims require specialist solicitors who can advise you about how complex issues, such as uninsured riders, accidents with multiple causes and severe or life-changing injuries affect your claim. We recommend that you contact our experienced personal injury claims solicitors who will be happy to advise you, free and confidentially, about your own entitlement to compensation.
What kind of injuries lead to e-scooter compensation claims?
Research by PACTS and The Road Safety Trust, based on reported casualties from accidents involving e-scooters in 2021, identified that e-scooter accidents often result in head, facial and severe or fatal injuries. E-scooter riders are at higher risk of severe injuries in road accidents or collisions owing to a combination of the rider’s upright position and the e-scooter’s design, which affects its stability when it meets changes in the road surface and when accelerating or braking.
Our specialist head injury and major trauma solicitors have helped countless clients obtain funded rehabilitation and compensation after road accidents have caused:
- head injury or brain injury;
- skull fracture or facial injuries;
- spinal injury;
- major trauma and multiple injuries;
- loss of limbs or amputation;
- degloving injuries (needing skin-grafting);
- scarring and disfigurement;
- CRPS/chronic pain;
- PTSD or psychological injury;
- fatal injury.
Are e-scooters legal in the UK?
E-scooters can legally be rented, or sold and bought in the UK. Currently, they can only be used legally in a few specified ways. Different rules apply for e-scooters used under approved trial rental e-scooter schemes or for privately owned e-scooters.
E-scooters are classed as motor vehicles, like cars, motorbikes and vans, and are subject to the same rules of the road and criminal penalties when those rules are broken. In practise, these rules mean that the only e-scooters which can legally be used on public roads are rental scheme e-scooters. The legal use of rental scheme e-scooters is strictly regulated and restricted to specific places.
Private e-scooters can only legally be used on private land, and the rider must have the permission of the land-owner.
Read more about the rules relating to e-scooters in our article: Are electric scooters legal in the UK?
Who pays the injured person’s compensation in an e-scooter injury claim?
If someone is injured whilst riding an e-scooter as a result of another driver’s negligence, the driver’s motor insurance company are responsible for paying compensation to anyone who was injured by their driver’s negligence.
If someone is injured whilst riding an e-scooter as a result of negligence of the highway authority or council, similarly their insurers will be responsible for paying compensation in any personal injury claim.
If a pedestrian or other road user is injured as a result of a legally rented e-scooter rider’s negligence, the e-scooter rider’s rental motor insurers will be responsible for paying compensation for injuries caused by their insured rider’s negligence.
Until the law changes, private e-scooters cannot be insured. Pedestrians or other road users who were injured as a result of a private e-scooter rider’s negligence may still be able to claim compensation from the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB).
Injury claims involving e-scooter accidents are complex. We advise each client on their right to claim compensation based on our assessment of the individual circumstances of their accident. Contact us here to talk to one of our experienced personal injury solicitors, free and confidentially, to find out more about how we can help you make a claim.
Making a e-scooter injury claim
We understand how daunting it can feel to take the first step. Our specialist personal injury solicitors are here to guide you through every stage.
Getting in touch
Call us or complete our online form to receive free, confidential advice from one of our specialist e-scooter accident solicitors. We will listen carefully to your circumstances, explain your legal options in clear and straightforward terms, and advise whether you have a claim and how we can help you move forward.
Supporting your claim
Our specialist solicitors will gather the evidence needed to support your claim, including medical records, witness statements, accident reports, photographs, and expert opinions where required. They will establish how the e-scooter accident happened, who was responsible, and the impact your injuries have had on your life. Where appropriate, we can also seek an interim payment to help meet your immediate needs.
Securing compensation
Our solicitors work to secure the maximum compensation possible as quickly as possible. We aim to ensure you have the financial support you need for rehabilitation, medical treatment, care, specialist equipment, lost earnings, and any other assistance required to support your recovery and future wellbeing.
Contact us
If you would like advice regarding a serious injury or illness affecting you or a loved one, please complete the form and one of our experts will be in touch as soon as possible.
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