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E-Scooter, E-Bike Injuries Triple, Alcohol, Substances Cited: Teen Males Most Impacted
12 Dec 2024 | Abstracted from Mirage News
"...the odds of alcohol and substance use were much higher among 10-17 year old riders..from 2019 to 2022...micromobility devices prompted 4020 emergency department visits out of a total of 1,331,871, of which 3700 were due to e-scooters and 320 due to e-bikes.
"Men and boys were more than 2.5 times as likely to have used alcohol and more than twice as likely to have used substances as women and girls."
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