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Injuries to electric bike riders have spiked 30 fold over the past 5 years.  This from a UC-San Francisco reviews of data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System that covers data from all US emergency departments.

Over the same period, e-bike related hospitalizations increased 43-fold,  ebike injuries in children under 18 increased from none to 13% of all injuries while those in riders 18 to 34 years dropped from 63% to 30% of total injuries, and ebike associated head trauma surged 49 fold.

Digging a bit further into the head injuries, the data showed a drop in helmet use of 5.6% for each of the 5 years totaling 28% over the 5 year study period.  The odds of sustaining a significant head injury DOUBLED if you weren’t wearing a helmet.

E-bikes are ever more popular with the new imports increasing 2.5 fold over the 5 years to 1.1 million in 2022.  Compared with previous studies, this latest one shows an alarming increase in head injuries.  It’s sad that many if not all of these tragedies are preventable by putting on that bike helmet.  Do it!  Please!

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/2815376

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