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Electric scooter accidents cause traumatic brain injuries in riders.
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Is it true that electric scooter accidents cause traumatic brain injuries in riders?
Yes. Multiple peer-reviewed syntheses and patient series report that electric scooter accidents cause traumatic brain injuries in riders, including a scoping review of 25 studies (3,088 patients) and a consecutive series of 104 e-scooter-related TBIs. One simulation study of self-balancing scooters found no elevated head-injury risk versus walking, but it concerns a different device.
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Evidence for · 8
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Nemeh, C., Schmoke, N., & Sheikh, F. (2025). Analysis of Traumatic Electric Scooter Injuries and Prevention. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40719-024-00275-x
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J, X., S, S., G, Y., H, Q., Y, W., & S, X. (2016). Are electric self-balancing scooters safe in vehicle crash accidents?. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2015.10.022
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Yoo, K. & Kim, H. I. (2022). Types of injuries caused by isolated electric scooter accidents. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.20408/jti.2022.0010
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Curpen, P., Lu, M., Cheng, J., Vangaveti, V., Mallett, A. J., & Navarro, R. (2026). Electric scooter–related traumatic brain injuries: a scoping review of injury patterns, risk factors, management, and clinical outcomes. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3171/2025.9.jns25947
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Suominen, E. N., Sajanti, A., Silver, E., Koivunen, V., Bondfolk, A. S., Koskimäki, J., & Saarinen, A. (2022). Alcohol intoxication and lack of helmet use are common in electric scooter-related traumatic brain injuries: a consecutive patient series from a tertiary university hospital. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-021-05098-2
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M, B., M, L., J, B., B, D., D, J., K, J., K, P., S, V., & M, B. K. (2026). Electric Scooter and Electric Bicycle Injuries in Children and Adolescents: A Narrative Review of Epidemiology, Injury Patterns, Clinical Outcomes, and Prevention.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare14152367
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Azab, M., Gamboa, N., Nadel, J., Cutler, C., Henson, J. C., Lucke-Wold, B., Panther, E., Brandel, M. G., Khalessi, A. A., Rennert, R. C., Menacho, S. T., Mazur, M. D., & Karsy, M. (2022). Case Series and Systematic Review of Electronic Scooter Crashes and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2022.07.126
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Chontos, R., Grindle, D., Untaroiu, A., Doerzaph, Z. R., & Untaroiu, C. (2024). A numerical investigation of e-scooter-to-vehicle traffic accidents. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2024.2347477
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M, S., I, R., & K, P. (2017). The casualties from electric bike and motorized scooter road accidents.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2016.1246723
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