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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* 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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Journal of the American Medical Association. (January 25, 2019). Distribution of emergency department visits associated with standing electric scooters in California from September 2017 to August 2018, by mechanism of injury [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1065645/mechanism-of-injury-for-standing-scooter-accidents-california-by-cause/
Journal of the American Medical Association. "Distribution of emergency department visits associated with standing electric scooters in California from September 2017 to August 2018, by mechanism of injury." Chart. January 25, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1065645/mechanism-of-injury-for-standing-scooter-accidents-california-by-cause/
Journal of the American Medical Association. (2019). Distribution of emergency department visits associated with standing electric scooters in California from September 2017 to August 2018, by mechanism of injury. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1065645/mechanism-of-injury-for-standing-scooter-accidents-california-by-cause/
Journal of the American Medical Association. "Distribution of Emergency Department Visits Associated with Standing Electric Scooters in California from September 2017 to August 2018, by Mechanism of Injury." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Jan 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1065645/mechanism-of-injury-for-standing-scooter-accidents-california-by-cause/
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Distribution of emergency department visits associated with standing electric scooters in California from September 2017 to August 2018, by mechanism of injury [Graph], Journal of the American Medical Association, January 25, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1065645/mechanism-of-injury-for-standing-scooter-accidents-california-by-cause/
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