In another, a group of teenagers tried to rob a Stourbridge woman on a mobility scooter.

BBC: Peter Millington, Disabled Resource Centre

In June, an 88-year-old man died after his mobility scooter collided with a bus in Burton.

BBC: Mobility scooter 'danger' campaign goes to Downing Street

Tracey Vinyard-Thomason is riding her mobility scooter from her home in Thornton-Cleveleys to her father's home in Canary Wharf, London.

BBC: Woman's 250-mile mobility scooter ride for charity

The charity Age UK supports the idea of voluntary training for mobility scooter users, but believes additional laws could discourage some vulnerable older people from using them.

BBC: Mobility scooter 'danger' campaign goes to Downing Street

Mrs Jephson is campaigning for the introduction of a proficiency test for mobility scooter users, to make them for disabled users only, and to have identification on scooters.

BBC: Mobility scooter 'danger' campaign goes to Downing Street

He added that he would welcome scooter-users into his pub if they parked their mobility aids outside.

BBC: Debbie Morgan, Jane Hodgens and David Thomas