Open AccessHospital seeing more personal mobility device accidents and serious injuries despite active mobility act
Author(s) -
Wey Ting Lee,
Tiong Thye Goo,
Woan Wui Lim,
Hong Chuen Toh,
Yu Yasai
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/jets.jets_115_19
Subject(s) - medicine , popularity , incidence (geometry) , medical emergency , injury prevention , government (linguistics) , emergency medicine , poison control , psychology , social psychology , linguistics , physics , philosophy , optics
E-scooters or personal mobility devices (PMDs) have recently been growing in popularity in Singapore. These devices can be especially helpful for those who have reduced mobility or who need to move between several relatively near locations multiples times per day or who simply appreciate the added convenience of having another transportation option. The increasing popularity of PMD has met with growing public concern over safety. Singapore government passed the Active Mobility Act (AMA) in January 2017 to regulate the usage of PMD. In Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, PMD-related accident has increased year on year by 20%-30%. Our study is to compare the incidence and severity of PMD-related accidents before and after the implementation of the AMA.