The e-scooter process of a city was canceled after councilors had voted unanimously to end the 'destruction' that they caused in the community.
At the end of 2020, a scheme was launched in Basildon by Essex County Council, but attracted widespread criticism from local politicians and the public.
City councilors have now decided to terminate it when the current trial period ends in the late spring.
Call for a harsh action against the vehicles has grown in the midst of concern about the number of accidents they cause and their use by criminals.
Earlier this month, an e-mail investigation showed that collisions for e-scooter were triple in three years, while more than 20,000 offenses in which they were involved were registered in a comparable period.
The city councilor Aidan McGurran of Basildon said that after the mood he was' excited 'and added:' From the end of May we will no longer spread them over our sidewalks that create a safety problem, we will no longer see that our older residents are being terrorized By e-scooters and we will no longer see young people who cause damage.
“Fortunately, we have to count ourselves that there has been no tragedy.”
The leader of the Labor-Run Council, Gavin Callaghan, added: 'We have seen it all of our residents, after the bins, it is one of the things that come up again and again.
An e-scooter bicycle schedule has been canceled after Essex County Council has unanimously voted against the 'destroyed' the bikes caused in Basildon (photo)
Earlier this month, an e-mail investigation discovered that collisions for e-scooter had tripled in three years (file image of an e-bike)
“People cannot walk their children out of the front door and there are certainly problems with crime and behavior with them.”
Among the few people to claim that the benefits were conservative councilors Andrew Baggott, who claimed that members combined anecdotal evidence with data.
Figures for the number of accidents and crimes associated with e-scooters in Basildon were not available, but an application for freedom of information to the ESSEX police in August last year showed that in the past five years more than 230 crashes with scooters or electric bicycles had been.
Of the 234 accidents involving e-scooters in the five years to July 2024, everyone resulted in an injury and one that caused death, said the Essex police.
In the first 12 months to July 2020 there were only four incidents. By 2023-2024 this had risen to 39. From 2020 to 2024, the power grabbed a total of 742 scooters.
During a discussion about BBC Essex, the resident of Basildon Lee James called to say that he had hit e-scooters several times.
“I can't believe they have not been forbidden before. [When I was hit] I didn't hear it coming, it hit me from behind, “he said.
But Che-Fort Martinez said he trusted them to go to work, and added: 'I think they are safe it is just a case of a few bad eggs that have spent it for the rest of us . ''
Tier, that the process runs in Basildon and three other Essex cities and cities, said that this corresponded to less than one incident per 10,000 journeys. Since the launch of the schedule, Tier has returned to Dott.
The requirements for stricter checks escalated after the postal investigation that 29 people died between 2020 and 2023 in 4,515 collisions, which also caused 4,807 injuries, 1,402 of them seriously.
There were 460 collisions that led to 484 wounded and one death in 2020, which rise to 1,411 collisions with 1,502 injuries and 12 dead in 2022.
It led AA President Edmund King to demand new 'legislation and better police enforcement'.
Recent victims include Have I Got News for You Team Caption Ian Hislop, 64, who sustained a head injury when he was hit by an e-scooter last month.
The leader of the Labor-Run Council, Gavin Callaghan (depicted with Sir Keir Starmer), said that the e-bike issue continued to accumulate his head with clear 'problems concerning crime and behavior with them'
One of the few people to claim that the benefits were conservative councilors Andrew Baggott (photo), who claimed that members combined anecdotal evidence with data
The Private Eye Editor needed medical treatment and a main band after the incident, MailOnline has previously unveiled.
As a commentary on the injury, a spokesperson for the magazine that he was' hit by an electric bicycle while he crossed the road yesterday afternoon [December 12]. '
Despite the collision, he would be 'okay' after a medical treatment for his injuries.
And requests for freedom of information from all 43 police services in England and Wales revealed 20,000 offenses with e-scooters in the past three years, with an increase of 60 percent during the period. Crimes include drug trafficking, sexual offenses and hundreds of robberies.
Only 21 forces responded, which suggests that the actual figures are much higher.
Scooters that are legally available for rent in villages and towns throughout the country can be used by anyone aged 16 or older with a provisional driver's license, while speeds are limited to 15.5 mph – although there are concerns about false identity documents that are used .
The sale of private scooters has also risen, even though they are illegal to use on public roads and sidewalks. Many are also adjusted, making them capable of speeds of up to 70 mph.
The government consults whether they all expand the use of e-scooters nationwide, but safety campaigners, the Royal National Institute of Blind People and families of victims want ministers to improve how they are regulated. Suggestions include speed limants, training for riders and a harsh action against the left vehicles that are spread across the sidewalks.
Rebecca Williams, 45, whose mother Linda Davis, 71, was killed in a collision with an e-scooter in 2022, said: 'Everyone on an e-scooter should follow mandatory basic training as on a motorcycle, must have insurance, Pay, pay tax and have a registration plate so that they are traceable when they are involved in an accident. '
I have news for your TeamTition Ian Hislop, 64, (photo) ran a head injury when he was hit by an e-scooter last month
The 14-year-old boy who rode on the vehicle was sentenced to a prison sentence of the youth court of Nottingham after a prosecution for causing death while driving without a permit or insurance. He avoided a stricter fine because of his age and lack of earlier convictions.
An Essex County Council spokesperson said that the authority had recently conducted a survey about e-scooter tests.
He added: 'The results of this will help us make a decision whether we want to expand the process and, as part of this, the districts that currently organize the e-scooters are each invited to inform us if or not we are Are they want to continue.
“As soon as we have an indication of these areas, we can continue with a decision about the next steps.”
Essex Police, Tier and the Department for Transport were approached for comment.
