RACQ and RBWH Foundation donation set to drive electric scooter trauma research
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A new partnership between RACQ and the RBWH Foundation will fund cutting-edge research into e-scooter injuries, with the results to shape policy and laws for improving user safety.
A combined donation of $200,000 will support three research projects over a three-year collaboration between Jamieson Trauma Institute, a leader in injury research, and major emergency departments, including Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.
RACQ Chief Executive Officer David Carter said the findings would help educate Queenslanders on how to be safe on e-mobility devices.
“This research will give us a thorough understanding on how many people are ending up in hospital emergency departments with e-mobility related injuries and will allow us to better understand injury patterns, severity, circumstances, and treatment outcomes,” Mr Carter said.
RBWH Foundation CEO Simone Garske said the goal of the research was to save lives.
“This research partnership will really help make the outcomes for people using e-scooters safer and ensure that policy and regulatory settings and all the education and advice we can give is appropriate and saves lives.”
Recent RACQ research into e-scooter behaviour found an alarming number of riders were not taking safety seriously.
RACQ’s survey found almost half of e-scooter riders admitted to dangerous riding behaviour and more than 10 percent said they did not use any safety equipment when riding.
Many users also admitted to riding under the influence of alcohol, not knowing the road rules and crashing.
RACQ Chief Executive Officer David Carter said the findings would help educate Queenslanders on how to be safe on e-mobility devices.
“This research will give us a thorough understanding on how many people are ending up in hospital emergency departments with e-mobility related injuries and will allow us to better understand injury patterns, severity, circumstances, and treatment outcomes,” Mr Carter said.
RBWH Foundation CEO Simone Garske said the goal of the research was to save lives.
“This research partnership will really help make the outcomes for people using e-scooters safer and ensure that policy and regulatory settings and all the education and advice we can give is appropriate and saves lives.”
Recent RACQ research into e-scooter behaviour found an alarming number of riders were not taking safety seriously.
RACQ’s survey found almost half of e-scooter riders admitted to dangerous riding behaviour and more than 10 percent said they did not use any safety equipment when riding.
Many users also admitted to riding under the influence of alcohol, not knowing the road rules and crashing.