@article{ref1,
title="Two-year paediatric trauma centre analysis of electric scooter injuries",
journal="Archives of disease in childhood",
year="2022",
author="McGalliard, Rachel and Hallam, Kimberley and Townley, Sam and Messahel, Shrouk and Durand, Charlotte Lucy",
volume="107",
number="11",
pages="1061-1062",
abstract="Electric (e-)scooters are increasingly popular in the UK with currently 32 trials of rental e-scooters across England.1 National data from 2020 reports 484 casualties involving e-scooters including five pedestrians.2 Around 25% were seriously injured and 75% sustained minor injuries. Ten children aged 0-9 sustained injuries and 129 in those aged 11-19 years. There is a paucity of published evidence regarding injury patterns in children.3  We investigated patients presenting to a Paediatric Major Trauma Centre from January 2020 to December 2021, identifying 39 e-scooter injuries. Ninety-two per cent of the e-scooters were private vehicles (ie, not hired) and occurred at speeds >15 mph, and 97% of children did …<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0003-9888",
doi="10.1136/archdischild-2022-324213",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2022-324213"
}