Tourists love them, as do young people and pub-goers: e-scooters.
The electric companions are now part of the street scene - as well as traffic statistics.
The number of accidents is exploding.
Alcohol plays a dangerous role in this.
Stuttgart - The number of accidents with e-scooters on the streets of Baden-Württemberg has increased drastically.
Last year, 834 accidents with e-scooters were registered in the southwest, in 2021 there were still 570, as can be seen from the traffic accident record, Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens), Interior Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU) and Transport Minister Winfried Hermann (Greens) today in Stuttgart want to introduce.
Despite the increase, the number in relation to the overall accident situation remains at a low level, as the German Press Agency learned from government circles.
Road traffic as a whole is becoming safer and safer than it was before Corona.
People were injured in 679 accidents involving e-scooters, and property damage was registered in 155 cases.
Alcohol is by far the number one cause of accidents with e-scooters and ranks ahead of excessive speed, using the wrong lane and violating the right of way.
In the accidents caused by scooter drivers, around one in five was under the influence of alcohol.
dpa
