CareCo call for safer roads to ensure mobility scooter safety following
notable rise in mobility scooter injuries

Leading mobility retailer CareCo has launched
a campaign to showcase the dangers faced by everyday mobility scooter users
on roads and pavements.

Contrary to popular belief, mobility scooters are allowed on pavements and
roads, depending on what sort of scooter it is. There are different classes
of mobility scooter, class 2 can drive on the pavement, and class 3 can
drive on both the road and the pavement, but class 3 scooters are restricted
to 8mph on the road and 4mph on the pavement.

The UK is estimated to have over 1 million potholes and an estimated
250,00-300,000 mobility scooters on the road according to the department for
transport. The damage caused by potholes in England alone is an estimated
£14.4 billion
, but this doesn’t consider the risks to
those who use mobility scooters.

According to Highways magazine
, and Department for Transport road casualty data:
* 80 mobility scooter users reported seriously injured in collisions
in 2024 which is a notable rise from 64 injuries in 2023