Pensioner dies in mobility scooter crash in Bedale, North Yorks

10:25pm Sunday 2nd September 2012 in News

A PENSIONER has died after his mobility scooter was involved in a crash with a car.

The 81-year-old suffered fatal injuries in the accident in Bedale , North Yorkshire at around 6.20pm this evening.

Police say the victim had been travelling along Sussex Street and was turning into Main Street when he was involved in a collision with a silver Ford Ka.

The road was closed for several hours while police carried out accident investigation work.

Comments(9)

oliviaden6 says...
8:21am Mon 3 Sep 12

This is just another incident with these infernal scooters. On the road on the pavement they are lethal? The users should be trained and licenced as for there use, as well as being insured the same as cars. My sympathy goes out to the family of the deceased but enough is enough lets get the law sorted as to the use of these machines lets do away with the grey areas.

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George BA says...
11:57am Mon 3 Sep 12

There is nothing but anecdotal evidence on the safety of these scooters, even the government agree with that.

If you have facts then lets see them.

I agree there should be some training, perhaps by those selling the machines, but don't make a mountain out of a molehill.

Insurance is available and anything above a class 2 scooter (even they can only travel 4mph on pavements) has to be taxed.

We allow bicycles on roads, why not scooters, maybe drives should be more careful, more bicycle owners are killed on roads by bad drivers, not disabled people and their scooters.

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George BA says...
12:00pm Mon 3 Sep 12

by the way are you one of the selfish soles who parks on pavements so people with pushchairs, the elderly, or those in wheelchairs have to go into the road, now that is a real problem.

Or maybe someone who parks in disable bays, because it is easier than walking a few yards.

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maz12345 says...
1:20pm Mon 3 Sep 12

it is the road that is to blame as it is unsafe to cross and needs some kind of safe crossing as old people live in this area and the doctors surgery is in this area, you cannot see safely to cross this road as i cross it most days myself.

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doonhamer says...
4:42pm Mon 3 Sep 12

George BA wrote:
There is nothing but anecdotal evidence on the safety of these scooters, even the government agree with that.

If you have facts then lets see them.

I agree there should be some training, perhaps by those selling the machines, but don't make a mountain out of a molehill.

Insurance is available and anything above a class 2 scooter (even they can only travel 4mph on pavements) has to be taxed.

We allow bicycles on roads, why not scooters, maybe drives should be more careful, more bicycle owners are killed on roads by bad drivers, not disabled people and their scooters.
Police have not yet revealed cause of tragic accident, so at this moment, nobody is sure exactly what happened. I agree with you, George BA, but bicycle owners are the prime example of the current dilemma in modern society regarding everyday walking/riding about. Bikes on roads are vulnerable to poor drivers and suffer injuries and fatalities. Bikes on footpaths (the very name should make any form of mobile contraption illegal on them) are dangerous to young and old alike. Obvious answer is to have them all on the road, but it is also obvious that is not a safe environment for them to be either. Solution, anyone ?

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doonhamer says...
4:45pm Mon 3 Sep 12

George BA wrote:
There is nothing but anecdotal evidence on the safety of these scooters, even the government agree with that.

If you have facts then lets see them.

I agree there should be some training, perhaps by those selling the machines, but don't make a mountain out of a molehill.

Insurance is available and anything above a class 2 scooter (even they can only travel 4mph on pavements) has to be taxed.

We allow bicycles on roads, why not scooters, maybe drives should be more careful, more bicycle owners are killed on roads by bad drivers, not disabled people and their scooters.
Police have not yet revealed cause of tragic accident, so at this moment, nobody is sure exactly what happened. I agree with you, George BA, but bicycle owners are the prime example of the current dilemma in modern society regarding everyday walking/riding about. Bikes on roads are vulnerable to poor drivers and suffer injuries and fatalities. Bikes on footpaths (the very name should make any form of mobile contraption illegal on them) are dangerous to young and old alike. Obvious answer is to have them all on the road, but it is also obvious that is not a safe environment for them to be either. Solution, anyone ?

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agaven says...
10:43pm Mon 3 Sep 12

As the daughter of a mother with a mobile scooter, I feel a little annoyed by oliviaden6's comment. How insensitive at a time like this when an elderly gentleman has died in a tragic accident. This accident could have been avoided, of this I am sure. My mother wrote to the council last year requesting something be done about the danger that elderly people on mobile scooter's are in, crossing that particularly stretch of road. She was told that it would be too expensive and that there has "not been an accident yet!" Well, I would dearly like to hear what they have to say about the situation now. There are plenty of elderly people in that area, and there is nowhere safe for people to cross on that road, going to the doctor, the dentist or anywhere else. There is NO reason why scooters should be labelled as "infernal" - try and have a little empathy for old or disabled people who would otherwise be confined to their houses and reliant on other people for their independence.

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agaven says...
10:45pm Mon 3 Sep 12

maz12345 wrote:
it is the road that is to blame as it is unsafe to cross and needs some kind of safe crossing as old people live in this area and the doctors surgery is in this area, you cannot see safely to cross this road as i cross it most days myself.
Quite agree with you! Blind corners and speeding cars - my mother is on a mobile scooter and has to cross that road on a daily basis, taking her life in her hands.

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George BA says...
6:52pm Tue 4 Sep 12

The Northern Echo should remember that comments made and published are covered by the Equality Act 2010.

They would not dare allow discriminatory comments about sexual orientation, racism, religeon etc so why do they allow prejudice against people with disabilities. They will get caught out one day, and hopefully took to court.

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