FOI Request 2301

Subject: E-Bike and E-Scooter Fires

Status: Complete

Date received: February 2026

Question Asked:

1. Please provide the number domestic fires you have attended between January 1st 2020 and December 31st 2025 where the cause of the fire was deemed to be from an e-bike or e-scooter battery. Please break this data down into yearly figures and differentiate the numbers of those for e-bikes and those for e-scooters.

2. Of these incidents, please detail the breakdown of these fires where the cause was a fully manufactured e-bike, a converted or modified e-bike and an e-scooter.

3. Of these incidents, please specify the number of fatalities and casualties this has resulted in, presenting the figures for fatalities and casualties separately.

Our Response:

Currently the Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service Incident Recording System (IRS) has insufficient facilities for the comprehensive recording, and subsequent analysis, of the incidents you have requested. Therefore, due to the specific information asked for, CFRS cannot provide the data requested.

Outcome: Data Not Held

FOI responded to within timescales: YES

Further action: NO