"The researchers analysed 686 crashes involving e-scooterists and 35 involving e-cyclists.
The high number of crashes involving e-scooters reflects that they were used much more frequently than e-bicycles. But their crash risk was actually much lower – regardless of whether the risk was calculated on the basis of the number, duration, or distance of the trips.
“When we calculated using trip distance, it turned out that e-cyclists were eight times more likely to have a crash than e-scooterists. It’s a result that surprised us,” says Marco Dozza."
I still don’t like that the amount of data for both groups is so skewed at 686:35.
35 bits of data does not give me a great deal of confidence - tho they mention at the end they do find it to be statistically significant.
I’d also like to know if bicycles were commonly used on longer trips, compared to scooters, and (if so) do scooters used on longer trips encounter a higher risk.
Severity of the crash should also be considered for overall safety.
"The researchers analysed 686 crashes involving e-scooterists and 35 involving e-cyclists.
The high number of crashes involving e-scooters reflects that they were used much more frequently than e-bicycles. But their crash risk was actually much lower – regardless of whether the risk was calculated on the basis of the number, duration, or distance of the trips.
“When we calculated using trip distance, it turned out that e-cyclists were eight times more likely to have a crash than e-scooterists. It’s a result that surprised us,” says Marco Dozza."
I still don’t like that the amount of data for both groups is so skewed at 686:35.
35 bits of data does not give me a great deal of confidence - tho they mention at the end they do find it to be statistically significant.
I’d also like to know if bicycles were commonly used on longer trips, compared to scooters, and (if so) do scooters used on longer trips encounter a higher risk.
Severity of the crash should also be considered for overall safety.