Nearly half of e-scooter injuries involve head trauma, CDC study says
Electric scooter riders, protect your head!
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a report out this week that nearly half of all e-scooter injuries involve head trauma. Maybe worse, most of the incidents could have been prevented by simply wearing a helmet or other safety equipment.
The CDC published the study in collaboration with the Austin Public Transportation Department (APTD) and Austin Public Health (APH). It examined electric scooter trends in the Texas capital from September through November 2018.
The researchers identified 271 people with potential e-scooter-related injuries during the study. Further analysis of the report combined the number of confirmed injuries (160) with other probable injuries (32). Of those 190 injured riders, 48 percent experienced injuries to the head. Read more...
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