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E-scooter riders sustain more head and internal injuries than motorcyclists and cyclists in England and Wales.
| Τίτλος: | E-scooter riders sustain more head and internal injuries than motorcyclists and cyclists in England and Wales. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Kungwengwe G; Welsh Centre for Burns & Plastic Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, SA6 6NL, Wales, UK., Gach MW; South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust, Lakin Road, Warwick, CV34 5B, UK., Gowda S; Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RT, UK., Tandanu E; King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS, UK., Donnachie D; Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4QJ, UK., Menkin Z; East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Ethelbert Road, Canterbury, CT1 3NG, Kent, UK., Sandhar S; UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health, 74 Huntley St, London, WC1E 6DE, UK., Bodansky D; Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, SW10 9NH, London, UK. bodansky@gmail.com. |
| Πηγή: | Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2026 Aug 06; Vol. 16 (1). Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Aug 06. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Nature Publishing Group Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101563288 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2045-2322 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 20452322 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Sci Rep Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: London : Nature Publishing Group, copyright 2011- |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Bicycling*/injuries , Craniocerebral Trauma*/epidemiology , Craniocerebral Trauma*/etiology , Accidents, Traffic*/statistics & numerical data , Motorcycles*, Wales/epidemiology ; England/epidemiology ; Brain Injuries, Traumatic/epidemiology ; Humans ; Male ; Female ; Adult ; Adolescent ; Child ; Middle Aged ; Registries ; Young Adult ; Child, Preschool ; Aged ; Infant |
| Περίληψη: | Electric scooters are increasingly used across the United Kingdom, yet national evidence on injury patterns, severity and exposure-adjusted risk remains limited. This study combined the National Major Trauma Registry for England and Wales (trauma admissions, 2020-2022) with operator-reported rental incident data from 18 cities (2020-2024), covering more than 33 million rides and 77.8 million kilometres. The two sources were analysed separately, not linked; across 38,440 records combined (15,247 registry trauma patients and 23,193 operator-reported incidents), e-scooter trauma showed a distinct injury profile, with higher adjusted relative risks than motorcyclists of traumatic brain injury (RR 3.45, 95% CI 3.19-3.75), internal organ injury (1.46, 1.35-1.57) and vascular trauma (3.24, 2.72-3.86), but lower fracture risk (0.80, 0.74-0.85); traumatic brain injury risk also exceeded that of cyclists (1.74, 1.61-1.88). Traumatic brain injury accounted for over one third of adult injuries, and paediatric riders formed a larger share of the trauma burden than in comparator groups. Helmet use was rare, female sex was associated with higher injury severity, and exposure-adjusted collision rates varied with area-level deprivation. A standardised severity framework enables clearer comparison across transport modes and supports evidence-based regulation, infrastructure planning and targeted public health interventions. (© 2026. The Author(s).) |
| Competing Interests: | Declarations. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests. Ethical approval and consent: The NMTR operates under Sect. 251 of the NHS Act 2006, with approval from the NHS Health Research Authority’s Confidentiality Advisory Group, permitting the use of anonymised patient data for research; only anonymised records were provided to the authors, so individual consent was not required. Voi incident and exposure data were collected as part of the DfT’s rental e-scooter trial monitoring framework and were supplied under formal data-sharing agreements with Voi Technology and participating local authorities. Voi’s Privacy Notice permits transfer of rider data to third-party researchers for service development and mobility insights, on the basis of legitimate interests. In this study, the authors received only anonymised and aggregated incident, exposure and demographic data, with no direct access to identifiable rider-level information. All analyses complied with the UK General Data Protection Regulation, the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Declaration of Helsinki 2013. |
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| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Electric scooters; Exposure-adjusted risk; Micromobility injury; Socioeconomic deprivation; Trauma registry; Traumatic brain injury |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260806 Date Completed: 20260807 Latest Revision: 20260813 |
| Update Code: | 20260814 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC13448107 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-026-59829-5 |
| PMID: | 42562857 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
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