Headlining on BBC Breakfast but not being liked to comparable problems in Scotland by BBC Scotland, here’s why: When you compare the number of casualties involving e-bikes. In 2024, the UK, saw 1 390 casualties.1 With 8% of the population, you might then expect around 111 casualties in Scotland. There were 18, one sixth of the level.2 Why might this be? I suppose weather will be a factor but the lack of legal government-backed trials in Scotland, even regulated, with speed limits, geofencing, insurance, and age checks have not increased exposure in high-traffic urban areas here, keeping casualties down here.3 Has the Scottish Government been criticised for … Continue reading E-bike injuries in Scotland only one sixth of the UK level after SNP limits government-backed trials