The number of fatalities in electric scooter accidents in Sverdlovsk Oblast increased fivefold in a year.

The number of fatalities in electric scooter accidents in Sverdlovsk Oblast increased fivefold in a year.

      Five people have died in the Sverdlovsk Region since the beginning of 2025 in road accidents involving electric scooters, reports TagilCity.ru. The death toll has increased fivefold.

      In 2024, one person died in accidents involving electric scooters; in 2025 — five.

      Most of the fatalities (4 people) and the injured (120 people) were recorded in Yekaterinburg.

      According to Denis Mitryashov, deputy head of the State Traffic Inspectorate of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region, a total of 146 accidents were registered, most of them (83%) occurring in Yekaterinburg.

      Mitryashov noted that in 81.5% of cases the users of electric scooters were at fault.

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The number of fatalities in electric scooter accidents in Sverdlovsk Oblast increased fivefold in a year.

Five people have died in Sverdlovsk Oblast since the beginning of 2025 in road accidents involving electric scooters, reports TagilCity.ru. The death toll has increased fivefold.