Electric Bicycles: Fires
Commons · Question 51247 · Tabled 9 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 19 May 2025
Question
Asked by Paul Davies
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many incidents of battery fires on (a) converted and (b) non-converted e-bikes were reported to the Office for Product Safety and Standards in the last 12 months for which data are available.
Answer
Answered by Justin Madders, 19 May 2025
The Office for Product Safety and Standards received reports of 161 UK e-bike fires in 2023, of which 46% were post-market conversions. Data for 2024 is being complied and will be published in due course.