Are electric skateboards legal in Western Australia?
Specific law, with conditions. Western Australia allows e-skateboards as “electric rideable devices” (eRideables). The Road Traffic Code 2000 defines these as “a scooter, skateboard, or other vehicle” with an electric motor, a top speed of 25 km/h and a maximum unladen mass of 25 kg (r 3A). Riders must be 16 or older and wear a helmet. They may use footpaths at up to 10 km/h, and bicycle paths, shared paths and roads or bike lanes with speed limits up to 50 km/h at up to 25 km/h.
What the law says
| What the text says | Section | |
|---|---|---|
| Definition names the skateboard | r 3A(1): “An electric rideable device is a scooter, skateboard, or other vehicle, that — (a)has at least 1 wheel; and (b)is designed to be used by a single person; and (c)has an electric motor or motors; and (d)is fitted with an effective stopping system controlled by use of brakes, gears or motor control; and (e)when propelled only by the motor or motors, is not capable of going faster than 25 km/h on level ground”. Under r 3A(2) the device must also be no more than 1 250 mm long, 700 mm wide and 1 350 mm high, with an unladen mass of no more than 25 kg. | Road Traffic Code 2000 (WA), rr 3A, 15, 210B, 223B, 228 |
| Minimum age 16 | r 228(2): “A person who is under 16 years of age must not ride an electric rideable device with its motor, or any of its motors, engaged.” | Road Traffic Code 2000 (WA), rr 3A, 15, 210B, 223B, 228 |
| Helmet | r 223B(2): “A person must not ride an electric rideable device on a road or path unless the person is wearing a protective helmet (bicycle) or protective helmet (motor cycle) securely fastened on the person’s head.” | Road Traffic Code 2000 (WA), rr 3A, 15, 210B, 223B, 228 |
| Speed limits | r 15(2): a person “must not ride an electric rideable device on a carriageway, bicycle path or shared path at a speed exceeding 25 km/h.” r 15(3): the limit is 10 km/h “on a footpath (other than a bicycle path or shared path)”. | Road Traffic Code 2000 (WA), rr 3A, 15, 210B, 223B, 228 |
| Roads over 50 km/h prohibited | r 210B(1): “A person must not ride an electric rideable device on a carriageway with a speed limit exceeding 50 km/h.” There are exceptions for crossing by the shortest safe route and for avoiding an obstruction. | Road Traffic Code 2000 (WA), rr 3A, 15, 210B, 223B, 228 |
| Where to ride (official guidance) | eRideables may be ridden on “footpaths, bicycle paths and shared paths”, “roads where the speed limit is 50 km/h or less” and “bicycle lanes (on roads with a speed limit of 50km/h or less)”. It is illegal to ride on “any path marked ‘no wheeled devices’”. | Road Safety Commission (WA Government), “eRideables” |
| Warning device for boards | “A bell or other warning device must be fitted to the eRideable, but if fitting a bell onto the device isn't possible - say if your device is an eSkateboard - then call out to pedestrians and other path users to let them know you are there.” | Road Safety Commission (WA Government), “eRideables” |
| Covered devices | “eRideables covered under the eRideable legislation include: eScooter eSkateboard eWheel eUnicycle hoverboard eSkates”. By contrast, “segways and motorised scooters less than 200 watts are also not eRideables and are governed by their own legislation.” | Department of Transport (WA), “Frequently asked questions” (Active transport) |
Each row is the statute's own content, reduced to plain wording where it is long and quoted directly where the exact words matter. The section in the last column is a link to the text.
Sources
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Road Traffic Code 2000 (WA), rr 3A, 15, 210B, 223B, 228 — Road Traffic Code 2000.
Official source, read 2026-09-25.
Text from the official consolidated HTML (mrdoc_49388). r 210B amended by SL 2026/66. -
Road Safety Commission (WA Government), “eRideables” — eRideables | Road Safety Commission.
Official source, read 2026-09-25.
Page shows “Last updated: 10 August 2026”. - Department of Transport (WA), “Frequently asked questions” (Active transport) — Frequently asked questions | Department of Transport WA. Official source, read 2026-09-25.
Every source on this page is the text as published by the legislature or the state agency itself. Open them.
How Western Australia compares
The same four questions, across every jurisdiction whose primary sources we have read. Each row links to its own page and its own citations.
| Jurisdiction | Status | Helmet | Speed limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Australia | Regulated | r 223B(2): “A person must not ride an electric rideable device on a road or path unless th | r 15(2): a person “must not ride an electric rideable device |
| Alabama | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Alaska | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Arizona | Named only | no rule naming the device | — |
| Arkansas | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| California | Regulated | Required at every age: a properly fitted and fastened bicycle helmet meeting the standard | Not above 15 mph on a highway, bikeway, public bicycle path, |
| Colorado | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Connecticut | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Delaware | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Florida | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Georgia | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Hawaii | Unaddressed | “No person under eighteen years of age shall operate a skateboard upon a street, roadway, | — |
| Idaho | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Illinois | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Indiana | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Iowa | Regulated | no rule naming the device | — |
| Kansas | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Kentucky | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Louisiana | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Maine | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Maryland | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | Maryland’s stand-up electric class requires a vehicle that “ |
| Massachusetts | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Michigan | Regulated | “A person less than 19 years of age operating an electric skateboard shall wear a crash he | — |
| Minnesota | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Mississippi | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Missouri | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Montana | Regulated | no rule naming the device | — |
| Nebraska | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Nevada | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| New Hampshire | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| New Jersey | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | The 2019 class that New Jersey does allow on the road is def |
| New Mexico | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| New York | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| North Carolina | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| North Dakota | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Ohio | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | “Vehicle” does not include “any low-speed micromobility devi |
| Oklahoma | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Oregon | Unaddressed | It is an offence if a person “is under 16 years of age, rides on a skateboard or scooter o | — |
| Pennsylvania | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Rhode Island | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| South Carolina | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| South Dakota | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Tennessee | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Texas | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Utah | Regulated | “An individual under 21 years old may not operate or ride the following on a highway unles | — |
| Vermont | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Virginia | Regulated | no rule naming the device | — |
| Washington | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| West Virginia | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Wisconsin | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Wyoming | Named only | no rule naming the device | — |
| Alberta | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| British Columbia | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Manitoba | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| New Brunswick | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Northwest Territories | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Nova Scotia | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Nunavut | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Ontario | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Prince Edward Island | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Quebec | Regulated | Required. A rigid shell, padded inside, with a chin strap, correctly fitted and firmly fas | Maximum rated power 500 W, combined across motors, and the d |
| Saskatchewan | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | A “limited speed motor vehicle” is “any motor vehicle that h |
| Yukon | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Australian Capital Territory | Regulated | s 244H(1): “A person travelling in or on a personal mobility device must wear an approved | s 244FB: an offence is committed by travelling faster than “ |
| New South Wales | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Northern Territory | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Queensland | Regulated | “When you ride a personal mobility device, you must wear an approved bicycle helmet or an | “You may ride on paths unless there's a sign prohibiting per |
| South Australia | Regulated | “PMD riders must: be aged 16 years or over wear a helmet”. “When you ride a PMD, you must | — |
| Tasmania | Regulated | “Yes. All PMD users must wear an approved helmet.” | “PMD users must not exceed: 15km/h on footpaths 25km/h on sh |
| Victoria | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Austria | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| France | Regulated | A helmet is required nationally only where the authority has opened a road limited to 80 k | Service-public.fr: “La vitesse maximum autorisée est de 25 k |
| Germany | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | These rules apply only to vehicles covered by the eKFV, not |
| Hong Kong | Prohibited | The 2023 LegCo paper (para. 14) proposes that “EMD users must be at least 16 years old” an | The 2023 LegCo paper (para. 14) proposes that “EMD users mus |
| Netherlands | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| New Zealand | Prohibited | The Road User Rule helmet requirement (cl. 11.8(1)) applies to anyone who rides “a bicycle | — |
| Singapore | Regulated | no rule naming the device | — |
| Spain | Unaddressed | In the version of the Reglamento General de Circulación amended by Real Decreto 518/2026, | — |
| Switzerland | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| United Kingdom | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
The spread is the point. These are neighbouring jurisdictions regulating the same object, and they do not agree on what it is, how fast it may go, who may ride it, or whether it may be ridden at all. A rider who crosses a state line is, quite often, subject to a different legal category rather than a stricter version of the same one — which is why a single national answer to this question does not exist and why anyone offering you one has stopped reading the law.
It also explains why so many rows say the device is unaddressed. Most vehicle codes were written before this machine existed, and a legislature that has not revisited them has not thereby permitted anything — it has left the question to a general classification and to your city.
What about a Onewheel?
No text we read for Western Australia names a board with a single wheel. The reading above is for electric skateboards; whether a Onewheel falls in the same class, another one or none is a question the statutes here do not answer, and neither do we. 8 jurisdictions do name it — Are Onewheels legal?
What this page does not tell you
- It is not legal advice, and it never says you may ride. It says what the statute says, and links it.
- It does not cover municipal law. Cities regulate sidewalks, parks, paths and often these devices by name. Those rules sit on top of everything above.
- It does not cover private property, insurance, or what happens after an accident.
- It may be out of date. Every source carries the day we read it. A statute amended since then will not have updated itself here.
Other jurisdictions: the full list. Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas
Questions this raises
Are electric skateboards legal in Western Australia?
A statute names the device and sets out what is required to ride it. Western Australia allows e-skateboards as “electric rideable devices” (eRideables). The Road Traffic Code 2000 defines these as “a scooter, skateboard, or other vehicle” with an electric motor, a top speed of 25 km/h and a maximum unladen mass of 25 kg (r 3A). Riders must be 16 or older and wear a helmet. They may use footpaths at up to 10 km/h, and bicycle paths, shared paths and roads or bike lanes with speed limits up to 50 km/h at up to 25 km/h.
Is a Onewheel legal in Western Australia?
No statute we read for Western Australia names a board with a single wheel, so the law there does not answer directly. For electric skateboards, the status we found is: specific law, with conditions. Only 8 of the 81 jurisdictions we read name a one-wheel board: Utah, Quebec, Queensland, Tasmania, British Columbia, New York, Victoria, the Netherlands.
Do I need a helmet in Western Australia?
r 223B(2): “A person must not ride an electric rideable device on a road or path unless the person is wearing a protective helmet (bicycle) or protective helmet (motor cycle) securely fastened on the person’s head.” That is Road Traffic Code 2000 (WA), rr 3A, 15, 210B, 223B, 228.
How fast am I allowed to go in Western Australia?
r 15(2): a person “must not ride an electric rideable device on a carriageway, bicycle path or shared path at a speed exceeding 25 km/h.” r 15(3): the limit is 10 km/h “on a footpath (other than a bicycle path or shared path)”. That is Road Traffic Code 2000 (WA), rr 3A, 15, 210B, 223B, 228.
Does this cover city rules?
No. This page reads state, provincial or national law only. Municipal codes frequently add rules — on sidewalks, parks and paths especially — and where the state has written nothing, the city has written everything.
How do I check this myself?
Open the links in the sources below. Every row in the table above names the section it comes from, and every source shows the date we read it. That is the whole point of the page: you should not have to take our word for it.