🚲🚨 New Study Alert! 🚨🚲

https://ucsfh.org/4fgRc3K - More and more Americans are commuting on electric bikes and e-scooters, but recent findings show a concerning rise in injuries. A team led by Dr. Adrian Fernandez from UCSF discovered that e-bike injuries doubled each year from 2017 to 2022, with a similar 45% increase in e-scooter injuries. 

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These numbers underscore the urgent need for added safety measures. E-bikes and e-scooters are eco-friendly, cost-effective, and can reach speeds of up to 28 mph, making them a popular, cost-effective and envrionmental choice for getting around. But there's a downside: crashes. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, used data from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, revealing a spike from 751 e-bike injuries in 2017 to 23,493 in 2022. E-scooter injuries rose from 8,566 to 56,847 in the same period.

Co-first author Kevin Li, a UCSF medical student, highlights the concerning trend of lower helmet usage among electric vehicle users and a lack of critical bike infrastructure.

• U.S. News and World Report - https://ucsfh.org/4fgRc3K
  
  Electric Bicycle Injuries and Hospitalizations. JAMA Surgery.  (A Fernandez MD, K Li, H Patel UCSF)  https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/2815376
  
  Injuries With Electric vs Conventional Scooters and Bicycles. JAMA Public Health. (A Fernandez MD, K Li, H Patel UCSF)  https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2821387