Electric bikes and motorized scooters - Popularity and burden of injury. Ten years of National trauma registry experience
| Autor: | Irina Radomislensky, N. Aviran, I. Zoarets, Alexander Korin, A. Kedar, A. Braslavsky, Sharon Goldman, Michael D. Stein, Igor Jeroukhimov, O. Yaslowitz, Arielle Kaim, I. Grevtsev, M. Weiss, D. Fadeev, M. Qarawany, A. Acker, Alexander Becker, Ariel Bar, W. Shomar, M. Venturero, A. D. Schwarz, Bella Savitsky, Hany Bahouth, Moran Bodas, Dror Soffer, A. L. Goldstein |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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business.industry
Health Policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Psychological intervention Human factors and ergonomics Poison control Transportation Retrospective cohort study Pollution Popularity Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Environmental health Injury prevention Medicine Safety Risk Reliability and Quality business human activities Safety Research |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Transport & Health. 22:101235 |
| ISSN: | 2214-1405 |
| Popis: | Background Electric bikes (E-bikes) and motorized scooters (M-scooters) have become extremely popular worldwide and in Israel. This change has been followed by an increase in injury-related hospitalizations among these road users. Methods A retrospective cohort study was performed based on 4733 E-bike or M-scooter riders hospitalized in one of the 19 trauma centers participating in the Israeli National Trauma Registry (INTR) between 2010 and 2020. Results A persistent increase in the proportion of E-bike/M-scooter riders among hospitalized traffic casualties was observed: from only 0.06% in 2010 to 10.2% in 2020. Although a decrease in the proportion of children riders ( Conclusions The findings of this study indicate a worrying trend of an increase in trauma injuries associated with the use of e-tools. As these modes of transportation become more popular and legislative changes have been introduced which have restricted these tools to utilization on roads where the potential of colliding with a motorized vehicle increases, it is expected that the number of injuries will continue to grow. There is need for interventions aimed at increasing awareness for these vulnerable road users targeted at improving riding behaviors and enforcement of helmet usage. |
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