Comparison of Injuries Associated With Electric Scooters, Motorbikes, and Bicycles in France, 2019-2022
Authors' conclusion
The findings of this study suggest that trauma involving e-scooters in France has significantly increased over the past 4 years. These patients presented with injury profiles as severe as those of individuals who experienced bicycle or motorbike RTCs, with a higher proportion of severe traumatic brain injury.
Study context
- Population
- Patients admitted to a participating major trauma centre after a road traffic crash involving an e-scooter, bicycle or motorbike, France, 2019–2022
- Participants
- 5,233 patients
- Exposure
- E-scooter vs motorbike vs bicycle road traffic crashes
- E-scootern = 229reference
- Motorbiken = 4,094
- Bicyclen = 910
- Outcome
- Trauma severity by Injury Severity Score (ISS)
Methodological detailsnational major trauma registry
- National major trauma registry
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Motorbike vs E-scooter: P = 0.10 · Bicycle vs E-scooter: P = 0.69
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Secondary outcomes
Severe TBI (GCS ≤8)
Mortality — Motorbike vs E-scooter
P = 0.02
| Outcome | P value |
|---|---|
| MortalityBicycle vs E-scooter | P = 0.82 |
Number of patients per year with e-scooter road traffic crash (RTCs) · 2019 to 2022
- Bicycle RTCs increased
- 1.2-fold
- Motorbike RTCs decreased
- 0.9-fold
- E-scooter RTCs increased 2.8-fold (31 in 2019 to 88 in 2022)
E-scooter users at admission: blood alcohol above legal threshold; helmet worn
- Blood alcohol above legal threshold (n = 84)
- 36.7%
- Protective helmet worn (n = 32)
- 22.5%
Original publication
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