Katharina Buczek
The researchers found that e-scooter injuries most often resulted in fractures and head trauma which required an emergency room visit. This includes not only scooter riders but also unsuspecting pedestrians.
Moreover, Dr. Kimon Ioannides, the study’s lead author, believes that their data is not even fully representative of all scooter injuries in the area.
“It is important to note that e-scooter injuries may be less severe and less fatal than motorcycle injuries, but we still think our e-scooter injury rate is an underestimate,” Ioannides said.
If sharable scooters and the like are truly the future of mass transportation in dense cities, then it appears that more significant safety standards may need to be implemented.
To read the report’s complete findings, visit the link here.
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