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Mobility scooter-related injuries and deaths
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Topic: Injury
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AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2019) Mobility scooter-related injuries and deaths, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 5 July 2026.
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More than 4,500 people were admitted to hospital for a possible mobility scooter-related injury between 2011–12 and 2015–16, including 121 cases involving a pedestrian who was injured in a collision with a mobility scooter. Compared with a decade earlier, fall injuries most likely from a mobility scooter have increased for older Australians aged 60 and over—from about 200 to about 500 each year. Over the 10 years from 2006–07 to 2015–16, a total of 69 people aged 60 and over died from a mobility scooter-related incident.
- Cat. no: INJCAT 201
- Pages: 16
Findings from this report:
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4,613 people were admitted to hospital for a possible mobility scooter-related injury from 2011–12 to 2015–2016
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Most injuries were fall-related (97%); the rest were pedestrians injured in a collision with a mobility scooter (3%)
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69 people aged 60 and over died from a mobility scooter-related incident in the 10 years 2006–07 to 2015–16
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Mobility scooter-related deaths were most likely to occur when the person was crossing the road (45%)