Bradley Visser, 38, is second person in a month to be killed in ‘powered transporter’ collision

A 38-year-old man has died in hospital following an accident on an electric skateboard.

Bradley Visser was taken to hospital after he was seriously injured in the village of Stoke Row in Oxfordshire on 17 July. He died 10 days later, Thames Valley police said.

His death was the second recent fatal collision involving a “powered transporter” in the UK despite the fact the vehicles are illegal on thoroughfares, as calls grow for their use to be allowed.

The force said no other vehicle was believed to have been involved and that investigations into the death were ongoing.

Police named Visser and said his next of kin were being supported by specially trained officers. Reports said he suffered serious head injuries and was taken to hospital by air ambulance.

“This was a tragic incident which has resulted in a man losing his life,” PC Mark Dunne said. “I would like to continue to ask anyone who saw this incident, or who has any other information relating to it, to please come forward.

“We do not believe that there were any other vehicles involved, but if you saw Mr Visser using his skateboard shortly before this incident, we would like to hear from you.”

There has been heightened scrutiny on the use of such vehicles after the first fatal collision involving an e-scooter in Britain last month. The TV presenter and YouTube star Emily Hartridge died when her e-scooter collided with a lorry at a roundabout in south-west London.

On the next day a 14-year-old boy suffered a serious head injury after crashing into a bus stop in south-east London.

The Department for Transport restated on Saturday that the use of e-scooters and electric skateboards was illegal on public roads and other prohibited spaces.

“It is illegal to use a powered transporter on a public road without complying with a number of legal requirements, which potential users will find very difficult,” official guidance said. “Any person who uses a powered transporter on a public road or other prohibited space in breach of the law is committing a criminal offence and can be prosecuted.”

Campaigners calling for electric scooters to be allowed on UK roads protested outside Downing Street on Saturday.

The organiser, Peter Williams, said laws on the issue were outdated. “We want there to be legislation around this that will make it safer for people and we basically want people to have the option of choosing a green mode of transport rather than using, for example, diesel buses or cars,” he said. “If we take cars off the road, we have to have alternative transport in place.”