The growing popularity of e-scooters has seen a surge in related injuries. They may not be more common than cycling injuries – but they may be more serious.
Most of these incidents involve males in their late 20s or early 30s, commonly sustaining head, face and limb injuries. There is consistently low helmet use in those injured. Also, about 30% of people who go to hospital with e-scooter injuries have elevated blood alcohol levels. Crashes involving riders under the influence of alcohol are associated with more severe head and face injuries.
Once again alcohol plays its part in clogging up healthcare systems.
The number of dipshits i’ve seen flying along south and warrigal at 9 pm blind drunk with no lights and no helmets is amazing. Welp, at least this way they mostly just take themselves out.
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Once again alcohol plays its part in clogging up healthcare systems.
I love helmets
The number of dipshits i’ve seen flying along south and warrigal at 9 pm blind drunk with no lights and no helmets is amazing. Welp, at least this way they mostly just take themselves out.
Those Dutch hospitals must be packed full of cyclists with head injuries…
The stats I was quoting were from e-scooters, not cycles.
This 2010 article claims Dutch cyclists have incredibly low rates of head injuries.
This article from 2021 claims that there are 16000 brain injures related to cycling annually in the Netherlands.
This study from 2020 claims there are 13.5 million Dutch cyclists. So around 0.1% of the Dutch cyclist community will have a brain injury annually.
I shudder to think what the rates are for motor vehicles.