What you should know about E-scooters and your safety

If you’ve walked around a decent-sized city in the past few years, you may have seen someone whiz by on an electric scooter. Or maybe you’ve ridden one yourself. E-scooters, as they’re called, are battery-powered and can travel up to a speedy 15 mph -- which is accelerating their popularity. But with all that convenience comes a serious question: Are e-scooters safe? A Consumer Reports investigation found that serious e-scooter injuries are happening all too frequently.

Consumer Reports contacted hospitals, municipal agencies and universities in 47 cities where at least one of the major ride-sharing e-scooter companies, Bird or Lime, operates. After a careful examination of the data, CR estimated that 1,500 people across the U.S. had been injured in an accident related to an e-scooter since late 2017. CR talked to several doctors at trauma centers who said they had been treating serious injuries related to e-scooters. They had seen broken bones and even brain injuries.

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