Standing electric scooter accidents ED visits by causeCalifornia 2017-2018

Roughly 80 percent of riders involved in emergency department visits associated with standing electric scooter traffic accidents that occured in California between the 1st of September 2017 and 31st of August 2018 were caused by falling. The statistic illustrates the distribution of emergency department (ED) visits associated with standing electric scooters in California from September 2017 to August 2018, by mechanism of injury.

Distribution of emergency department visits associated with standing electric scooters in California from September 2017 to August 2018, by mechanism of injury

Characteristic	Rider	Non-rider
Fall, no specific details	80.2%	-
Collision with an object	11%	-
Hit by a vehicle or moving object	8.8%	-
Hit by scooter	-	52.4%
Tripped over scooter in road	-	23.8%
Other*	-	23.8%

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Release date

January 2019

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United States

Survey time period

From September 1, 2017 to August 31, 2018

Supplementary notes

* Other mechanisms involved 4 people injuring foot while attempting to lift or manipulate scooter and 1 person who injured their hand while trying to lift scooter.

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