"E-bikes have gradually become a much larger share of overall bicycle-related severe trauma at Rady Children's, moving from just 2% of bicycle-related cases in 2017 to 64% in 2023. These cases were severe enough to require activation of the hospital's trauma team."
"Researchers calculated that e-bike riders were 2.4 times more likely to sustain an extremity injury than their peers riding pedal bikes. We're seeing all types of extremity injuries with e-bikes, and it's not typically hands and feet; it's more long bone injuries, you know, radius, ulna, humerus, femur, tibia."
"Researchers analyzed 338 severely traumatic bike injury cases seen by Rady doctors from 2017 through 2023 and observed that the average age was higher for those involved in e-bike crashes, with an average age of 12.6 years versus 10.7 years for pedal pushers."
E-bikes are significantly increasing severe trauma cases in children, with research from Rady Children's Hospital and UC San Diego revealing a dramatic shift in injury patterns. E-bike-related severe trauma cases grew from 2% of bicycle injuries in 2017 to 64% in 2023, with continued increases through 2025. Children involved in e-bike crashes averaged 12.6 years old compared to 10.7 years for pedal bike riders. The higher velocities of e-bikes produce distinct injury patterns, particularly extremity injuries including long bone fractures. E-bike riders were 2.4 times more likely to sustain extremity injuries than pedal bike riders, with injuries affecting the radius, ulna, humerus, femur, and tibia rather than just hands and feet.
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