Source:
(E-bikes only) www.regulations.gov/document/CPSC-2024-0008-0001 (2024)
(Micromobility) www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/Micromobility-Products-Related-Deaths-Injuries-and-Hazard-Patterns-2017-2022.pdf?VersionId=BekCvIY03IvMU9nHr2ErziUNXNkPAghJ
Emergency Department (ED) - Treated Injury Estimates
• E-Scooters • Estimated total of 169,300 ED visits from 2017 through 2022;
• Hoverboards • Estimated total of 138,400 ED visits from 2017 through 2022;
• E-Bikes • Estimated total of 53,200 ED visits from 2017 through 2022
Reported Fatalities (MicroMobility)
• E-Scooters • CPSC staff is aware of 111 (18 dockless/rental) fatalities from 2017 through 2022.
• Hoverboards • CPSC staff is aware of 18 fatalities from 2017 through 2022.
• E-Bikes • CPSC staff is aware of 104 fatalities from 2017 through 2022
Reported Fatalities (2022 only)
• Automobile • 42,795 fatalities.
• Ebikes • 41
Associated Hazard Patterns
CPSC Field staff completed 314 follow-up in-depth investigations related to all micromobility
products, based on reports of incidents in CPSC’s Consumer Product Safety Risk Management
System (CPSRMS) 5 that occurred from 2017 through 2022. Of the 314 completed
investigations, 89 involved an e-scooter, 166 involved a hoverboard, and 59 involved an e-bike.
• E-Scooters
• Eighty-nine of the investigated incidents involved an e-scooter (32 of the 89 were
dockless/rental e-scooters).
• Fire hazards were the most common problem reported, accounting for 45 of the 89
investigated incidents.
• Brake problems were associated with 19 of the investigated incidents.
• Hoverboards
• Field staff investigated 166 incidents associated with hoverboards.
• The top two common problems reported were fire hazards with 139, followed by 20 other
electrical hazards.
• E-Bikes
• CPSC staff reviewed 59 completed investigation reports on e-bikes.
• The top two common problems reported were fire hazards with 28, followed by
miscellaneous product-related issues with 24.
(E-bikes only) www.regulations.gov/document/CPSC-2024-0008-0001 (2024)
(Micromobility) www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/Micromobility-Products-Related-Deaths-Injuries-and-Hazard-Patterns-2017-2022.pdf?VersionId=BekCvIY03IvMU9nHr2ErziUNXNkPAghJ
Emergency Department (ED) - Treated Injury Estimates
• E-Scooters • Estimated total of 169,300 ED visits from 2017 through 2022;
• Hoverboards • Estimated total of 138,400 ED visits from 2017 through 2022;
• E-Bikes • Estimated total of 53,200 ED visits from 2017 through 2022
Reported Fatalities (MicroMobility)
• E-Scooters • CPSC staff is aware of 111 (18 dockless/rental) fatalities from 2017 through 2022.
• Hoverboards • CPSC staff is aware of 18 fatalities from 2017 through 2022.
• E-Bikes • CPSC staff is aware of 104 fatalities from 2017 through 2022
Reported Fatalities (2022 only)
• Automobile • 42,795 fatalities.
• Ebikes • 41
Associated Hazard Patterns
CPSC Field staff completed 314 follow-up in-depth investigations related to all micromobility
products, based on reports of incidents in CPSC’s Consumer Product Safety Risk Management
System (CPSRMS) 5 that occurred from 2017 through 2022. Of the 314 completed
investigations, 89 involved an e-scooter, 166 involved a hoverboard, and 59 involved an e-bike.
• E-Scooters
• Eighty-nine of the investigated incidents involved an e-scooter (32 of the 89 were
dockless/rental e-scooters).
• Fire hazards were the most common problem reported, accounting for 45 of the 89
investigated incidents.
• Brake problems were associated with 19 of the investigated incidents.
• Hoverboards
• Field staff investigated 166 incidents associated with hoverboards.
• The top two common problems reported were fire hazards with 139, followed by 20 other
electrical hazards.
• E-Bikes
• CPSC staff reviewed 59 completed investigation reports on e-bikes.
• The top two common problems reported were fire hazards with 28, followed by
miscellaneous product-related issues with 24.
