AUSTIN, TX : E-scooter crashes in Downtown Austin are rare ATCEMS report on Tuesday, 17th October 2023

A new report from Austin-Travis County EMS suggests crashes involving scooters are actually pretty rare.

"In the big scope of things it's a relatively minor impact to our system," said ATCEMS Division Chief Kevin Parker.

In the past three months, medics treated 48 patients for scooter-related incidents, a tiny fraction of the more than 25,000 total patients they saw. For context, Austinites took more than 725,000 scooter rides during that time.

In all of fiscal year 2023, medics transported 132 people to the hospital for scooter-related injuries. Eight died or were seriously hurt.

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