Scooter accidents

THE 061 emergency helpline has published the latest figures for accidents involving electric scooters in the Balearic Islands. Over the last three years there have been more than 1,350 ac‐cidents involving personal mo‐bility vehicles on the islands that have claimed three lives.

Between 2019 and last year, Palma Local Police registered more than 820 accidents that left 556 people injured in the capital city alone ‐ the highest figure for all the islands. The re‐port also shows that one in ev‐ery three victims of scooter ac‐cidents sustained head injuries of varying severity, which high‐lights the importance of wear‐