TY - JOUR T1 - Two-year paediatric trauma centre analysis of electric scooter injuries JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 1061 LP - 1062 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2022-324213 VL - 107 IS - 11 AU - Rachel McGalliard AU - Kimberley Hallam AU - Sam Townley AU - Shrouk Messahel AU - Charlotte Lucy Durand Y1 - 2022/11/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/107/11/1061.abstract N2 - 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 … ER -