CPSC NEISS · code 5022

Scooters, Powered

Scooters, Powered: danger rank #63 of 838 is not ER-volume rank #146 of 838 (63,518 estimated ER visits a year; stable over the most recent five-year window).

Swimming, Water & Beach Equipment CPSC NEISS through 2024

Danger score versus ER volume

Danger score versus ER volume

According to CPSC NEISS 2020-2024, Scooters, Powered ranks #63 of 838 by danger score (44/100) at ER-volume #146 of 838 (63,518/yr). They are not the same ranking.

#63
danger rank of 838
#146
ER-volume rank of 838
44/100
danger score
63,518/yr
estimated ER visits (avg)

Danger score combines injury volume, hospitalization, fatality, and five-year trend. ER volume is the average annual NEISS estimate alone. Rank 1 is highest on each list.

Where this category's danger score sits nationally

Danger score (44/100) across 838 scored CPSC product categories

44 Higher than most more dangerous than 90% of 838 product categories

scored CPSC product categories, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more product categories. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source CPSC NEISS, PlainSafety danger-score model · 2024

Composite verdict

Composite Safety Score: 91/100

One verdict blending 3 independently-sourced dimensions from two separate CPSC systems, each benchmarked against all 838 scored product categories by percentile rather than raw value, so no single huge-volume category can dominate the scale.

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Dimension Value National percentile Weight applied Source
Injury severity (hospitalization + fatality blend) 14 86th 41% CPSC NEISS 20-year severity index
Annual ER injury volume 63,518 100th 35% CPSC NEISS estimated annual ER-treated injuries
5-year injury trend N/A N/A redistributed CPSC NEISS 5-year % change in ER-treated injuries
Consumer incident reports 142 88th 24% CPSC SaferProducts.gov public incident report count

5-year injury trend has no recorded value for this category; its weight was redistributed proportionally across the dimensions that do, rather than treated as zero risk.

Methodology: each dimension is ranked against the full population's p10/p25/p50/p75/p90 breakpoints and interpolated to a 0-100 percentile; the composite is the weighted average of available percentiles. See methodology for the full benchmark table.

Where 317,579 estimated ER injuries land on the body

Body-part shares from the same CPSC NEISS injury_types extract for product code 5022. Segments sum to 317,579 - a body-map mix, not a danger score or ER-volume rank.

Two danger lenses

Same-group peer scores and this product's dial

The bars compare PlainSafety danger scores inside the Swimming, Water & Beach Equipment group (same CPSC NEISS extract). The dial is this product's score alone on the Low/Moderate/High bands. Do not read a peer bar as an ER-visit count.

Swimming, Water & Beach Equipment danger scores

1. Utility Vehicles51/1002. Bicycles And Accessories,…49/1003. Two-wheeled, Powered, Off…48/1004. Mountain Or All-terrain B…47/1005. Scooters, Powered44/1006. Power-assisted Cycles, No…44/1007. Snowboarding (activity, A…43/1008. Minibikes, Powered42/100
Higher score = higher composite danger in this group. Peer set is other scored products sharing the same CPSC group.
0/100100/10044/100
PlainSafety danger score · Scooters, Powered

Source: CPSC NEISS danger-score model As of 2024

How this 44/100 score is built

The score is computed from four CPSC-derived factors for scooters, powered - no opinion, no editorializing:

  • Injury volume 63,518 ER visits/yr Very high volume
  • Severity (hospitalization rate) 12.8% High admission rate
  • Fatality rate 0.13% Above-typical fatality rate
  • 5-year trendN/A

Band labels compare this category against the corpus of 838 scored CPSC product categories, see the full methodology for the exact weighting of each factor.

What the CPSC Data Shows

Across the 5-year NEISS window from 2020 to 2024, injury counts for scooters, powered are stable over the most recent five-year window, with the busiest year on record being 2024 (115,427 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2020 (29,344 estimated visits). The single most common ER diagnosis is internal injury to the head, accounting for approximately 36,964 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by laceration to the face (16,656 cases). The 15-24 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 73,920 cases over the NEISS window, and males appear slightly more often than the opposite sex in that cohort. Severity outcomes from the NEISS disposition field show that 12.8% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer, and a small fraction (0.13%) result in fatality.

Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 142 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how scooters, powered fail in real households. Every figure on this page comes from CPSC-published data: NEISS projects national estimates from a probability sample of about 100 U.S. hospital emergency departments, while SaferProducts.gov collects voluntary reports from consumers, manufacturers, and clinicians. The danger score, trend indicators, and demographic breakdowns update automatically when CPSC releases a new yearly NEISS file, which is why this page is dated 2024-12-31. For regulatory context, consult CPSC recall notices and the SaferProducts.gov public database linked below.

Annual Injury Estimates (2020–2024)

20K40K60K80K100K120K 20202021202220232024 115K
Estimated annual emergency-room visits for Scooters, Powered, CPSC NEISS

Source: CPSC NEISS national injury estimates As of 2024

Source: CPSC NEISS national estimates Injuries represent ER-treated cases only

Who Gets Injured?

Age Group Male Female Total
0-4 1,721 740 2,461
5-14 27,198 12,872 40,077
15-24 46,709 26,936 73,920
25-34 47,262 24,788 72,171
35-44 32,869 14,731 47,704
45-54 23,422 11,032 34,454
55-64 15,836 9,447 25,283
65-74 8,327 5,232 13,559
75+ 4,220 3,608 7,828

Most Common Injuries

Body Part Diagnosis Est. Injuries
Head Internal Injury 36,964
Face Laceration 16,656
Knee Contusions, Abr. 12,102
Wrist Fracture 11,158
Face Contusions, Abr. 11,137
Face Fracture 10,520
Shoulder Fracture 9,534
Lower Arm Fracture 7,728
Head Concussion 7,693
Knee Other 7,272
Ankle Fracture 6,972
Lower Leg Fracture 6,904
Lower Trunk Other 6,586
Elbow Fracture 6,291
Elbow Contusions, Abr. 6,104

Severity Breakdown

Treated/examined And Released 83.6% (265,405)
Treated And Admitted/hospitalized 11.2% (35,691)
Left Without Being Seen 3.2% (10,101)
Treated And Transferred 1.4% (4,293)
Held For Observation 0.5% (1,661)
Fatality Incl. Doa, Died In Er 0.1% (428)

ER Visit Narratives

Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.

Age 10 · Male · Wrist · Strain, Sprain · 2024

10YOM PERCENT AFTER FALLING OFF AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER WHILE GOING FULL SPEED OVER A SPEED BUMP, WAS WEARING A HELMET DX: RIGHT WRIST SPRAIN, LEFT KNEE SPRAIN, MULTIPLE ABRASIONS AND LEG PAIN

Age 42 · Male · Lower Trunk · Fracture · 2024

42 YOM WAS RIDING E-SCOOTER AT 15 MPH WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A CAR. HELMET NS. DX: 2-PART INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE OF PROXIMAL END OF RIGHT FEMUR, FRACTURE HEAD OF RIGHT RADIUS.

Age 28 · Male · Head · Internal Injury · 2024

28YOM WAS THE RIDER OF A MOTORIZED SCOOTER WHEN HE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT DX: SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; RIB FRACTURES; ZYGOMATIC FRACTURE

Age 57 · Male · Mouth · Laceration · 2024

57 YOM AFTER FALLING OFF AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER AND HITTING HIS FACE ON THE GROUND. HIS TEETH ARE LOOSE AND ONE OF THE LOWER TEETH HAS BEEN COMPLETELY AVULSED, AND LARGE ABRASION ON HIS FACE AND LACERATION TO THE UPPER LIP. DX CLOSED FRACTURE MANDIBLE INVOLVING DENTAL SOCKET, COMPLICATED LACERATION LIP

Age 16 · Male · Face · Contusions, Abr. · 2024

16YOM PATIENT WAS ON A ELECTRIC SCOOTER AND WAS HIT BY A BICYCLIST, ABRASION OF HIS NOSE AND NECK PAIN DX: FALL FROM STANDING ELECTRIC SCOOTER, NECK PAIN ON RIGHT SIDE

Age 48 · Male · Lower Trunk · Other · 2024

48YOM PRESENTS TO THE ED AFTER THE PATIENT FELL FROM HIS ELECTRIC SCOOTER LANDING ON RIGHT HIP AND KNEE COMPLAINING OF PAIN AND SWELLING. DX: FALL

Age 21 · Female · Lower Arm · Fracture · 2024

21 YOF. PAIN & SWELLING TO LT WRIST & FOREARM AFTER FALLING OFF MOTORIZED SCOOTER WHILE RIDING DOWN A HILL. DX: ACUTE WRIST PAIN; TYPE I OR II OPEN DISPLACED TRANSVERSE FX OF SHAFT OF LT RADIUS

Age 10 · Female · Ankle · Strain, Sprain · 2024

10YOF WAS RIDING AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER WHEN SHE HIT A CURB AND FELL OFF DX: STRAINED RIGHT ANKLE

Age 60 · Male · Knee · Contusions, Abr. · 2024

^60YOM WITH HAND AND KNEE PAIN S/P FALL OFF MOTOR SCOOTER. PT HIT PARKED CAR. PT HAS ABRASION TO KNEE DX: MVA

Age 11 · Male · Lower Arm · Fracture · 2024

11 YOM RIDING ELECTRIC SCOOTER HELMET UNKNOWN, FELL ONTO OUTSTRETCHED ARM DX CLOSED FX RADIUS/ULNA

Age 30 · Male · Ankle · Fracture · 2024

30YOM PRESENTS AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A CAR WHILE RIDING AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER. DX: ANKLE FRACTURE

Age 25 · Female · Head · Contusions, Abr. · 2024

25YOF WAS RIDING AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER, SLID ON ICE AND CRASHED SCOOTER. DX: POSTERIOR SCALP CONTUSION, LEFT SHOULDER STRAIN.

Consumer Incident Reports

Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.

9/7/2025 · Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received · Gotrax · Colorado

While riding my GoTrax G3 Max Long Range scooter under normal conditions, the rear wheel slid off the pavement. When I applied the brakes, the throttle remained engaged, causing the scooter to continue powering forward while braking. This resulted in a complete loss of control the scooter turned sideways, and I was thrown over the handlebars onto the ground. Injuries Sustained: Fractured pinky finger (confirmed by X-ray) Sprained wrist Sprained ribs Pain, swelling, and loss of mobility impacting daily life and work

9/5/2023 · Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received · Swagtron / Swagway, LLC · Unspecified

I had a horrible accident on June 8, 2022, where I was riding the Swagertron SGS (SGS) on a residential street, when all of a sudden the handle (the one with the brake handle) fell of and caused me to crash. I couldn't move my leg, and I was in excruciating pain. I had to call a family member to help me and I was taken immediately to the hospital emergency room. Long story short, I was sent home on crutches, the pain was worse, which caused a second fall and a second trip to emergency, where not only was another x-ray was done but this time a MRI was done, which revealed that my knee was broken in two places. I've been trying to get assistance regarding this matter but I honestly didn't know where to turn. I tried the Consumer Financial Protection bureau, but nothing was done. So, I'm trying to get assistance with you regarding this product and problem. Please find enclosed my copy of a demand letter to the manufacturer of the scooter. Any assistance regarding this matter would help.

9/5/2020 · Incident, No Injury · Zhejiang Jueshuai Electrical & Mechanical Technology Co Ltd · Oregon

Jue Shuai x60 electric scooter, defective front motor bearings or machining issue allows wheel to move side to side on the axle even when the axle nuts are tight, it causes the front brake rotor to impact the brake caliper mount causing the front wheel to lock up. The vendor is declining to honor their warranty terms or address this safety issue. This was a Amazon purchase.

9/26/2023 · Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received · Skinny Labs Inc. dba Spin · District of Columbia

I rented a Spin scooter, but during my ride, I encountered some serious issues. The scooter had noticeable wheel shaking, and I also found that the brakes were not functioning properly, which raised concerns about safety and usability. As a result of these problems, I unfortunately ended up with several broken bones.

9/19/2022 · Injury, Hospital Admission · Segway, LLC · New York

My brother was riding a Ninebot ES4 scooter on 8/29 when the battery exploded and launched him off, causing him to hit his head. He was commuting down a neighborhood side street in Brooklyn. He sustained a TBI and had a massive epidural hematoma. He had to go into emergent surgery and was put on a ventilator and in a medically induced coma for two weeks. Now, three weeks since the accident, we are unsure what his recovery will look like.

9/16/2022 · No Incident, No Injury · Hut Holdings Pty Ltd · North Carolina

I was riding my i-Glide Metro City Commuter scooter throughout the streets of Downtown [REDACTED], and while i was riding, the brake cable dislodged from the wheel break, and it does not have a very strong design to withstand rides on fairly rough streets. When it dislodged form its connector to the brake, it scratched the road meaning that it had dislodged, and its design is not very secure.

9/13/2025 · Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional · Shenzhen Gaoduan Zhizao Co., Ltd dba AOVO PRO · New York

I fell off a e-scooter on a safe flat terrain, going up a curb due to the defectiveness of the new scooter. Only had it for a few days(Aovopro- Electric Scooter LP60-19 mph from the TikTok shop). It abruptly stopped going up a flat curb(small- that merges the bike lane to a sidewalk). I was only going about 8mph and it stopped, causing me to fall on my hands and knees. I have been talking to the manufacturer and they keep giving me the run around, and taking hours-days to respond. I have showed them my injuries and have initiated a return/refund but I find that its not fair I have to pay for the shipment of a faulty item rather than just getting a reshipment of the same product or full reimbursement for my troubles.

9/1/2025 · Injury, Hospital Admission · HIBOY INTELLIGENT INC · Washington

I was riding my Hi boy scooter on level surface thats is rated for 20mph I tried to get up to that speed and exceeded that speed finding out the scooter I purchased went 32 mph as I tried to slow down the brakes on the front blow completely out of the scooter as Im a parching a hill I try to use the back brakes and put my foot down the back brakes would not respond. So now at this point Im going down down a hill at 32mph and slam in to a back of a truck. The driver got out and ask was I okay I wasnt sure where I was or what happened, later on that day I went to the hospital for 2 broken toes thank god and the severe concussion

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Nationwide peers by danger score, ER volume & hospitalization

Three PlainSafety-derived comparison paths for Scooters, Powered: cross-group products nearest on danger score (44/100), estimated annual ER visits (63,518/yr), and hospitalization share (12.8%). Same-group neighbours stay in Related Products above.

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About this data

CPSC National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) 2005–2024 and SaferProducts.gov consumer incident reports form the basis of this page. Injury estimates are based on a nationally representative probability sample of U.S. hospital emergency departments.

According to PlainSafety's CPSC NEISS corpus ranking, Scooters, Powered ranks #63 of 838 scored CPSC product categories by PlainSafety danger score and #146 of 838 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does scooters, powered rank on danger score versus ER volume?

Among 838 scored CPSC product categories, scooters, powered ranks #63 by PlainSafety danger score (44/100) and #146 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume (63,518/yr). The two rankings come from the same NEISS extract and are not the same order.

What are the most common injuries from scooters, powered?

The most common injury is internal injury to the head, accounting for approximately 36,964 injuries over 20 years.

Are injuries from scooters, powered increasing or decreasing?

No trend data.

Who is most at risk for scooters, powered injuries?

The 15-24 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 73,920 cases recorded over 20 years. Males are more frequently injured in this age group.

What happens when someone is injured by scooters, powered?

Of all ER visits involving scooters, powered, approximately 12.8% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (87.2%) are treated and released from the emergency department.

How can I report a safety problem with scooters, powered?

You can file a consumer incident report at SaferProducts.gov, the official CPSC reporting portal. Reports help the CPSC identify emerging hazards and trigger investigations or recalls. You can also call the CPSC hotline at 1-800-638-2772.

Data on Scooters, Powered is compiled directly from CPSC NEISS and SaferProducts.gov records, current through 2024. See our methodology for details.

Disclaimer: This page is for informational purposes only and is not affiliated with the CPSC.

PlainSafety is rendered directly from U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall and incident records, no number is typed in by an editor. Product recall timelines and hazard labels are drawn from CPSC recall records for this product. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.