Improving safety when young people ride e-scooters and e-bikes

Improving safety when young people ride e-scooters and e-bikes compiles the evidence around injuries and fatalities for children and young people resulting from e-scooters and e-bikes, risk factors, and how Queensland’s road rules and laws surrounding their use compares to other jurisdictions.

The paper also makes a number of recommendations to improve safety outcomes, including the introduction of a minimum age of 16 years to lawfully ride these devices in Queensland.

This insights paper is the first in a series on the causes and factors that contribute to child fatalities in Queensland. This is part of our role in managing Queensland’s Child Death Register, which now holds 20 years of data.