❓ WA Police provide data on e-scooter impoundments and fatalities in 2025 but cannot reliably report on crashes or crimes involving e-scooters due to data limitations. They also clarify their role in handling e-scooter offences.
AnsweredQoN 1520Legislative Assembly
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(1) How many e-scooters were impounded in 2025? (2) How many e-scooter fatalities occurred in 2025? (3) How many reported crashes involved e-scooters in 2025? (4) How many assaults, robberies or thefts involved offenders using e-scooters in 2025? (5) How many e-scooter incidents attended by WA Police were referred to the Department of Transport for infringement action in 2025?
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Answered
17 February 2026
Responded by
Minister for Police
Response time
2 days
(1) 239.
(2) 8.
(3) The Western Australia Police Force is unable to provide a response to this question in a reliable or systematic manner, as there is no specific category for e-scooters as a vehicle type on the police Incident Management System. Significant manual interrogation on each crash incident is required to identify whether an e-scooter was involved. This would require intensive manual extraction to be undertaken and divert significant resources away from operational priorities.
(4) The WA Police Force is unable to provide a response to this question in a reliable or systematic manner, as offenders using e-scooters in commission of an offence are not specifically categorised in the police Incident Management System. Significant manual interrogation on each assault, robbery and theft incident is required to identify whether an e-scooter was involved. This would require intensive manual extraction to be undertaken and divert significant resources away from operational priorities.
(5) The WA Police Force does not refer infringement matters to the Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure. Any identified offences would be dealt with by the WA Police Force under one of the relevant Codes or Regulations of the Road Traffic Act 1974 , the same as any motor vehicle, bicycle or unlicensed vehicle.
(2) 8.
(3) The Western Australia Police Force is unable to provide a response to this question in a reliable or systematic manner, as there is no specific category for e-scooters as a vehicle type on the police Incident Management System. Significant manual interrogation on each crash incident is required to identify whether an e-scooter was involved. This would require intensive manual extraction to be undertaken and divert significant resources away from operational priorities.
(4) The WA Police Force is unable to provide a response to this question in a reliable or systematic manner, as offenders using e-scooters in commission of an offence are not specifically categorised in the police Incident Management System. Significant manual interrogation on each assault, robbery and theft incident is required to identify whether an e-scooter was involved. This would require intensive manual extraction to be undertaken and divert significant resources away from operational priorities.
(5) The WA Police Force does not refer infringement matters to the Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure. Any identified offences would be dealt with by the WA Police Force under one of the relevant Codes or Regulations of the Road Traffic Act 1974 , the same as any motor vehicle, bicycle or unlicensed vehicle.
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