Aintree Hospital features in ITV examination of e-bike crashes

ITV Granada has visited Aintree University Hospital's Major Trauma Centre as part of a series examining the rise in e-bike incidents across the North West.

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Image: Dr Ensor speaking to ITV News

The report looks at the treatment of people injured in e-bike collisions, including riders and pedestrians who have been hit by them. 

It features Drew, who was treated at the hospital in Liverpool after an e-bike crash left him with a bleed on the brain, a broken hand, broken collarbone and a fractured spine. 

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Helen Stevenson and Emergency Medicine Consultant Dr Libby Ensor feature in the report, where they discuss the increase in e-bike-related injuries they're seeing. 

Dr Ensor said: 'It's a huge problem and they are quite quiet, so you often can't hear them. We get people - particularly elderly people or people who aren't that mobile - who can't get out of the way in time.'

Speaking about e-bike users who don't wear helmets, she added: 'Perhaps it's not cool to wear a helmet, but it's not cool to be in a spinal injuries hospital for months on end with a significant brain injury. I think people don't realise the consequences of an injury from an e-bike until it happens to them or someone they know.' 

Separate data from Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust shows there were 1,484 collisions involving e-scooters in the UK in 2025 - a 67% increase on the previous year. 

Tragically, ten people died in those incidents. 

The ITV series, which was launched last month, also includes the case of Jeanie (not her real name), who fractured her ribs after being hit by an e-bike in Birkenhead. 

According to the latest data, Merseyside Police have seized over 1,600 illegal e-bikes in the past year, as part of a campaign to crack down on criminal gangs.

Superintendent Phil Mullally, said: 'We've seized record numbers this year alone and there are officers out daily tackling the issue of e-bikes, seizing them and stopping some really significant individuals who are involved in criminality and putting those offenders before the court.' 

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