Calgary e-scooter injury statistics for 2024 [Video]

Injury prevention experts are urging Calgarians to ride carefully as e-scooter crashes land hundreds of people in the hospital. 

A total of 295 Calgary riders needed medical attention after a scooter injury in the first six months of 2024.

It brings the total number of Calgary emergency department and urgent care visits related to scooter injuries since 2022 up to 2,235, according to data from Alberta Health Services (AHS).

Of those, 381 injuries were from children and teens. 

“I don’t think that people take the time they need to become familiar with these machines, and know what they can and cannot do,” Kathy Belton said.

“They are a relatively new device, only introduced in 2017.”

Belton has been looking at the impact of e-scooters on the province’s riders and pedestrians through the University of Alberta’s Injury Prevention Centre.

She says some of the figures worry her. 

“I think one of the issues that we have with the scooters is that these things were originally marketed to children,” …