This, coupled with the increasing number of e-bikes in circulation, is leading to greater public uproar and scrutiny. Today there are an estimated 65,000 e-scooters on American streets and questions about their safety has led to talk of a ban unless proper safety guidelines are followed.
The most common accidents noted were falls, collisions with objects and riders getting struck by a moving vehicle or object. 40% of the resulting injuries were bone fractures, with head trauma also noted in 31.7% of cases. 27.7% involved cuts, sprains and bruises.
The analysis was conducted by the University of California Los Angeles and published in medical journal the JAMA Network Open. It focused on two emergency departments from Sept. 1, 2017 to Aug. 31, 2018, finding that 249 people involved in e-scooter accidents required medical care with a third of them transported to hospital by ambulance.
There are no official numbers on e-scooter deaths, though fatal accidents are known to have occurred in several cities around the world including Los Angeles, London and Singapore. Given safety fears and a lack of data about the severity of accidents, U.S. researchers have published a new study about injuries from e-scooter mishaps for the [...]
