A lot of people ride e-scooters in Denver — and a new study shows a lot of them are getting seriously hurt

Individuals in Denver journey rentable scooters a median of greater than 17,000 instances a day, generally as many as 30,000 instances a day, in keeping with the town’s Micromobility Dashboard.

And whereas the town says the electrical scooters have changed about 4.2 million car journeys on Denver’s busiest streets, a grimmer statistic tempers that progress: For the reason that scooters first appeared in Could 2018, greater than 2,500 riders have arrived at Denver Health Emergency Division with scooter-related accidents, together with damaged bones and fractured skulls. And there have been 5 deaths. 

At Craig Hospital, the native heart for mind and spinal cord accidents, sufferers with traumatic mind accidents sustained in scooter accidents at the moment are a “widespread incidence,” in keeping with Eric Spier, medical director for the hospital’s Mind Harm Program.

Between January 2021 and October 2022, Denver Health emergency physicians reported seeing a median of three.6 scooter-related accidents per day. Different space hospitals have additionally reported seeing an rising variety of scooter accidents. 

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