The CDC and the Austin Public Health department analyzed emergency department data from nine Austin hospitals between September and November 2018. The city’s almost 1 million people currently have access to about 14,000 dockless electric scooters, and the new study counted 192 e-scooter-related injuries during those three months alone. Two were non-riders (a pedestrian and a cyclist), and the remaining 190 were navigating the motorized scooter at the time. Read More...
Your first e-scooter ride will probably land you in the hospital
The CDC and the Austin Public Health department analyzed emergency department data from nine Austin hospitals between September and November 2018. The city’s almost 1 million people currently have access to about 14,000 dockless electric scooters, and the new study counted 192 e-scooter-related injuries during those three months alone. Two were non-riders (a pedestrian and a cyclist), and the remaining 190 were navigating the motorized scooter at the time.
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