No surprise! Was to be expected! However, the traditional bicycle rate is still about 6 times higher than the e-bike rate of ED visits.
Just look at how fast some of these e-bikes go! These fast e-bikes also pose new and added dangers to e.g. pedestrians and children since some e-bike riders drive very fast on walkways, off road and off bike lanes etc..
However, once e-bikes become more common, the number of accidents will most likely come down as time goes on.
"... The visits soared between January 2023 and August 2026, according to Truveta, a health data company with medical records from more than 140 million patients. ..."
"... The rate of e-bike-related ED visits increased from 1.2 per 100,000 people with an ED visit in January–August 2023 to 10.1 per 100,000 in January–August 2026, representing a 760.2% increase.
The traditional bicycle rate remained stable, increasing only 7.9%, from 59.4 to 64.1 per 100,000 over the same period. ..."
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- Although traditional bicycle-related ED visits remained far more common, e-bike injury rates increased 760.2% between 2023 and August 2026, while traditional bicycle injuries remained relatively stable, increasing only 7.9%.
- Among children and adolescents, the e-bike-related ED visit rate increased 19.1-fold, compared with a 1.5-fold increase for traditional bicycles.
- Traumatic brain injury was diagnosed in 7.8% of e-bike-related ED visits among patients younger than 18 years, compared with 6.0% of traditional bicycle ED visits.
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