{"id":4096,"date":"2026-06-11T08:25:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T08:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/?p=4096"},"modified":"2026-06-11T08:25:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T08:25:46","slug":"uae-sees-97-surge-in-serious-e-scooter-accidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/2026\/06\/11\/uae-sees-97-surge-in-serious-e-scooter-accidents\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE Sees 97% Surge in Serious E-Scooter Accidents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">E-scooter safety has come under renewed scrutiny after new figures revealed a sharp increase in serious accidents involving the popular mode of transport across the UAE.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An analysis of traffic data from the UAE Ministry of Interior by RoadSafetyUAE found that major e-scooter accidents rose by 97 per cent in 2025 compared with the previous year.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wider micro-mobility sector, which includes e-scooters, motorcycles, bicycles and electric bikes, recorded a 45 per cent increase in major accidents. This was significantly higher than the 23 per cent rise recorded across all vehicle categories.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The findings were supported by a nationwide survey commissioned by Al Wathba Insurance and RoadSafetyUAE, which gathered responses from 1,010 residents across the country.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the survey, 93 per cent of respondents said they regularly observe unsafe or reckless behaviour among e-scooter riders, while 90 per cent reported feeling unsafe because of such behaviour.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Helmet usage emerged as a major concern, with 90 per cent of participants saying they frequently see riders operating e-scooters without protective headgear.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Road safety experts say the findings highlight the need for stronger awareness campaigns, improved compliance with safety regulations and enhanced infrastructure to accommodate the growing use of micro-mobility transport across the UAE.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>E-scooter safety has come under renewed scrutiny after new figures revealed a sharp increase in serious accidents involving the popular mode of transport across the UAE. An analysis of traffic data from the UAE Ministry of Interior by RoadSafetyUAE found that major e-scooter accidents rose by 97 per cent in 2025 compared with the previous [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uae-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4096"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4098,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4096\/revisions\/4098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}