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One in three people injured in an electric scooter accident in Spain ends up in intensive care
ALFONSO TORICES
Mapfre shows that more than 100 injury accidents were reported in 2020 and that six of those injured subsequently died. The report shows that both the volume of claims and the number of injuries grew by more than 31 per cent in a single year and that ... the number of deaths increased by 20 per cent, from five to six. A rider not wearing a helmet was the factor that weighed heavily in most injury and death accidents registered in 2020. The insurance company's analysis showed that practically all ... the accidents occur in urban areas and that almost half involve scooter drivers between 16 and 35 years old. The most frequent type of collisions (60 per cent) involve other vehicles - mainly cars - but 20 per cent involve pedestrians and 11 per cent