Only 2.3% of the UK’s on-street electric vehicle (EV) chargers are adapted for disabled motorists, according to new Freedom of Information research by Vauxhall.
This research, based on data provided by councils across the United Kingdom, studied the considerations given to disabled drivers by local authorities when installing on-street residential charge points.
From the 223 councils that provided data to Vauxhall, only 450 out of 19,456 on-street charge points in the UK have been specifically adapted for disabled drivers, representing just 2.3% of the total.
The findings also indicate that only 105 (0.5%) on-street charge points are located in disabled parking bays, and 238 (1.2%) meet the British Standards Institution’s PAS 1899:2022 guidelines, introduced to ensure minimum accessibility standards for public charge points.
Vauxhall released these findings as part of its Electric Streets of Britain initiative, which aims to support the 40% of UK households without off-street parking.
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