Written questions

Roads: Accidents

Commons · Question 93757 · Tabled 24 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 4 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Ruth Cadbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of updating the collection of STATS19 national collision statistics to allow for differentiation between e-bikes, bikes and motorcycles within collisions.

Answer

Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 4 Dec 2025

Currently the recording of e-bikes within STATS19 follows the relevant legislation, the Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle Regulations 1983, with officers encouraged in the STATS19 guidance (known as STATS20) to use an accompanying free text field to provi...