The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare said males accounted for 69% of hospitalisations for falls involving powered scooters. (EPA Images pic)CANBERRA: The number of Australians hospitalised with injuries sustained in incidents involving e-scooters has more than tripled since 2019, according to government data, Xinhua reported.
The report, released on Thursday by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), showed that there were 4,089 hospitalisations for falls involving powered scooters in 2024-25, up 216.7% from 1,291 in 2019-20.
It said the population-wide hospitalisation rate for falls involving powered scooters increased from 5.1 per 100,000 people to 14.9 per 100,000 over the same period, while the rate for falls involving non-powered scooters fell from 6.8 to 4.9 per 100,000 people.
