E-scooters in Oxford

850 electric scooters (e-scooters) are available for public hire in and around Oxford.

Voi Technology operates our rental scheme and aims to support residents and visitors accessing and travelling within the city.

The scooters are tracked by GPS and regularly serviced. 

Rules for using e-scooters

For road safety reasons, the e-scooters cannot be ridden:

• by more than one person at a time
• by people under-18
• by people without a provisional or full driving licence
• on footpaths or pavements

E-scooters can be used within the trial area on:

• the road
• cycle lanes
• shared cycle and footpaths

Find out why it's simpler by scooter on the Oxford Travel Options website.

About the e-scooters

Public-hire e-scooters were launched in Oxford in 2020 as an easy and greener way to get around the city. Since then, the e-scooters have travelled more than 6.5 million km (4 million miles) around the city in around three million e-scooter hires, with over 200,000 adults riding them. People regularly use them for commuting, social trips, and sightseeing.

Over-18s with a clean driving licence can rent the scooters cheaply and easily with a downloadable app, and the operator runs regular in-person training courses and an online e-scooter riding school to help people learn more about using them well. There are 220 spots around Oxford to collect and drop off the e-scooters, including residential areas and the hospitals. They are geo-fenced and speed-limited to ensure they are not used in pedestrian-only areas. 

Private e-scooters 

Private e-scooters are not permitted on public highways (including footpaths).