Study on the need for harmonised rules to support the rise of micro mobility and increased road safety for personal mobility devices : final report (1.0)

Despite the proliferation of new types of personal mobility devices (PMDs) coming to the market in recent years there is no harmonised European regulations to govern their technical characteristics beyond the general requirements contained in the Machinery Regulation. The aim of this project was to investigate whether the creation of a harmonised European PMD regulation would be feasible and desirable. The key objectives of the work were to: 1. Develop a classification of existing PMDs with a view to determining groups of devices and common criteria based on design elements, 2. Undertake a detailed analysis of the market share and rise of the various PMDs to determine those that would most benefit from EU-wide rules, 3. Undertake an analysis of available data and information on crashes involving PMDs, 4. Assess the impact on market development of the fragmented pieces of legislation in terms of both technical and road traffic rules across the EU 5. Develop regulatory options for common technical safety design requirements on the basis of the obtained classification and interlinks with existing pieces of EU legislation.