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Sep 9, 2024 · E-scooter injuries increased by more than 45% every year, going from 8,566 in 2017 to 56,847 in 2022. More risky behavior. 43% of e-bike and e-scooter riders wore helmets versus 52% for conventional micromobility riders. 7% of e-bike riders and 9% of e-scooter riders were drinking before their accidents versus 4% of conventional bike riders and ...
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Jul 23, 2024 · They found that e-bicycle injuries dramatically increased from 751 in 2017 to 23,493 in 2022, and e-scooter injuries rose from 8,566 to 56,847 over that timeframe. Altogether, there were nearly 2.5 million bicycle injuries, more than 304,000 scooter injuries, 45,586 e-bicycle injuries and 189,517 e-scooter injuries in the U.S.
Jul 25, 2024 · Increasing EV-associated injury rates. The rate of e-bicycle injuries doubled every year, from 751 each year at the start of the study to 23,493 by 2022. Likewise, the annual injury rate for e ...
Sep 25, 2024 · Powered scooter injuries accounted for 3.4; e-bike injuries seen in the emergency department were 1.2 and hoverboard injuries accounted for 1.8. Of all estimated hoverboard injuries, 76 percent were among those aged younger than 18 years compared with 14.5 percent of e-bike injuries and 16 percent of powered scooter injuries.
Sep 24, 2024 · DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307820. The rate of e-bike and powered scooter injuries surged between 2019 and 2022—by 293% and 88%, respectively, according to a new study at Columbia University Mailman ...
Jul 23, 2024 · Altogether, there were nearly 2.5 million bicycle injuries, more than 304,000 scooter injuries, 45,586 e-bicycle injuries, and some 189,517 e-scooter injuries in the U.S.
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Aug 15, 2022 · Electric scooter (e-scooter) rentals were introduced in Oslo, Norway, in March 2019 and have become a popular mode of intracity transportation according to the Norwegian Institute of Transport Economics. 1 Shortly after the introduction of e-scooter rentals, it became clear that this new transportation mode came with some downsides, such as a high risk for injuries when used by persons riding ...
