United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 51247
Electric Bicycles: Fires
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9 May 2025
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19 May 2025 · Answer
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19 May 2025
Summary
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.
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9 May 2025
Written question
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.
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19 May 2025
Answer
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.
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-05-09/51247
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1801547
- uk · wq-1801547 · source updated 19 May 2025