Urban Health Scare: E-Scooters Show Alarming Spike in Injuries
Hospital Admissions Quadrupled in Last Four Years, UCSF Study Finds, Mainly in Young Adults
Nearly a third of the patients suffered head trauma – more than twice the rate of head injuries to bicyclists.
“E-scooters are a fast and convenient form of transportation and help to lessen traffic congestion, especially in dense, high-traffic areas but we’re very concerned about the significant increase in injuries and hospital admissions that we documented, particularly during the last year, and especially with young people, where the proportion of hospital admissions increased 354 percent.”
Danger for other VRU’s?
Future research into pedestrian and cyclist trauma associated with e-scooter use is needed
