4.7 times in 7 years after buying personal mobile devices such as electric kickboards ↑…Head damage is 42.4%, but 75% are not wearing helmets

Apr 04, 2025

4.7 times in 7 years after buying personal mobile devices such as electric kickboards ↑…Head damage is 42.4%, but 75% are not wearing helmets
Data=KCDC



As the use of personal mobile devices such as electric kickboards increases, related accidents are also increasing.

According to a statistical analysis of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 「2023 in-depth investigation of injured patients in the emergency room」, the number of accidents in 'other land transportation including personal mobile devices in damaged patients in transportation accidents increased 4.7 times from 388 in 2016 to 1820 in 2023. The proportion of other land transportation vehicles among transportation accidents also increased 8.5 times from 0.8% to 6.8%.

According to the '2023 Community-Based Severe Trauma Survey Statistics', the number of severe trauma patients caused by transportation accidents such as pedestrians and vehicles all decreased in the results of severe trauma by type of transportation accident, while the number of severe trauma patients caused by other types, including personal mobile devices, increased by about three times from 34 (0.7%) in 2016 to 103 (2.6%) in 2023. In the event of severe trauma, the damaged areas were mainly head (42.4%), chest (32.7%), and legs (13.5%).




The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention emphasized that these results show that wearing safety equipment such as helmets is very important to reduce the severity of damage.

In addition, as a result of a simple investigation of 'Emergency Room Damage Patients', a total of 1,258 patients were damaged by personal mobile devices, with 40.4% aged 15 to 24. Most of the patients (86.3%) who were damaged by personal mobile devices used electric kickboards, and 10.2% of the patients were damaged by electric bicycles.

4.7 times in 7 years after buying personal mobile devices such as electric kickboards ↑…Head damage is 42.4%, but 75% are not wearing helmets
Data=KCDC
In particular, it was found that among patients with personal mobile device damage, there were 6.7 times more people who did not wear helmets (75.0%) than wearers (11.2%), and only about half (47.0%) of the patients had a driver's license. Considering that 18.3% of the respondents did not have a driver's license and 34.7% were not licensed, more people are expected to have a driver's license. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said these results suggest that it is urgent to strengthen the identification and management of driver's licenses.




Based on these findings, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention distributes leaflets and notices to raise awareness of personal mobile device safety rules and helmet wearing.

The main contents of the leaflet 'Safety Rules for Personal Mobile Devices' are as follows.

▶Before driving




-Motorist's license or higher may drive

-Helmets and other protective gear are required

-Check the personal mobile device before boarding (check for damage to the lower battery, operation)

▶ Driving

-No Accompanied Boarding

-the use of bicycle paths

-Get off at the crosswalk and drag it

-Observe the intersection left turn method

-Safety Speed Compliance (less than 20 km/h)

▶After driving

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Parking in the parking lot of the designated personal mobile devices

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.