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More than a third bicycle sold is an electric bicycle. Overconfidence and lack of exercise take their revenge: this year, eleven people in Austria were killed in accidents involving electric bicycles.
Of Thomas golser | 8:01 am, September 1, 2020
Just a few decades ago they would have been a dream of the future, today there is little missing without them: Electric bikes. Although around 20,000 electric bicycles were sold in 2010, this number has multiplied by more than eight 170,942 Electric bikes 2019. That’s a Market share of almost 39 percent, how to use the Austrian Association of Sporting Goods Manufacturers and Sporting Equipment Suppliers (VSSÖ) accounted for. “In total they are in Austria around 750,000 electric bikes on the road. That means more diversity, but also new challenges “, so Othmar Thann, Director of the Road Safety Board (KfV).
The KfV confirms in a study that such a general trend also has its drawbacks: Eleven people were killed in electric bicycle accidents this year. One reason: in the crown-shaped spring, the race became even stronger. ME.A total of 8134 people were injured in a bicycle accident in 2019; 1466 of them drove an electric bicycle. It is not uncommon for older semesters to be involved, as KfV states: In 2019, according to traffic accident statistics from Statistics Austria, 31.7 percent of those involved in electric bicycle accidents were over 64 years old. 57.9 percent of electric bicycle or electric scooter drivers involved in accidents were between the ages of 25 and 64. In comparison, the proportion of seniors who had an accident with a normal bicycle is much lower (17.8 percent). Traffic accident statistics do not distinguish between electric road and mountain bikes, but both variants are naturally affected.
