CDC Partners With Texas City To Release Report On E-Scooter Injuries

E-scooters first appeared in Austin in April 2018, around the same time they showed up on Atlanta’s roadways and sidewalks.

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One-third of e-scooter riders who get injured are using the dockless devices for the first time.

That’s according to a report released this week from the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Austin Public Health Department.

It looks at close to 200 injured e-scooter riders in the Texas city over a roughly three-month period.