Boys aged 12 to 15 four times more likely to be hospitalised on e-scooters
E-scooter hospitalisations tripled to 4,089 in 2024-25, with boys 12-15 recording the steepest rise.
Hospitalisations from e-scooter and mobility scooter falls jumped from 1,291 in 2019-20 to 4,089 in 2024-25, new national data shows. Males made up two-thirds of those injured.
Boys aged 12 to 15 were four times more likely than girls to end up in hospital, with their hospitalisation rate leaping from 3.6 to 54 per 100,000 in five years. About three in five injured riders suffered fractures.
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare also recorded more than 150 pedestrian injuries in 2024-25 from e-scooters and e-bikes. Deaths have climbed too: a Brisbane boy in August, a Queensland rider in July, and a Perth rider in May all lost their lives in crashes.
- 4,089
- Hospitalisations 2024-25
- 1,291
- Hospitalisations 2019-20
- 3.6 to 54 per 100,000
- Boys 12-15 rate increase
- Over 150
- Pedestrian injuries 2024-25
Why it mattersE-scooters look like toys but reach serious speeds and offer almost no protection. Rising injury and death rates show the real risks as the devices become more common.
AustraliaAll Australian states have now introduced speed limits and age restrictions on e-scooter riders, but hospitalisations keep climbing. Kids and their families need to know the actual danger.
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