Accidents involving electric scooters on the rise

Ljubljana, 19 April - Electric scooters are becoming increasingly popular as a mode of urban transportation, but accelerated uptake has resulted in a rise in accidents. Last year there were 109 accidents involving e-scooters, more than two-thirds caused by riders themselves, police data show.

Ljubljana
An event ahead of the first national preventive campaign for the safe driving of e-scooters.
Photo: Bor Slana/STA

Ljubljana, izpitni center Ljubljana.
Dogodek ob začetku prve nacionalne preventivne akcije za varnost voznikov e-skirojev, ki ga je pripravila Agencija za varnost prometa v sodelovanju s policijo, UKC Ljubljana in videoustvarjalcem Jožetom Robežnikom.
Foto: Bor Slana/STA

Ljubljana
An event ahead of the first national preventive campaign for the safe driving of e-scooters.
Photo: Bor Slana/STA

Ljubljana
An event ahead of the first national preventive campaign for the safe driving of e-scooters.
Photo: Bor Slana/STA

Ljubljana
An event ahead of the first national preventive campaign for the safe driving of e-scooters.
Photo: Bor Slana/STA

Ljubljana
Jože Hribar, the head of the Traffic Safety Agency, speaks at an event ahead of the first national preventive campaign for the safe driving of e-scooters.
Photo: Bor Slana/STA

Ljubljana
Jože Hribar, the head of the Traffic Safety Agency, speaks at an event ahead of the first national preventive campaign for the safe driving of e-scooters.
Photo: Bor Slana/STA

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