E-Bike ED Visit Rate Jumps 760% as Traditional Bike Injuries Hold Flat
United States – October 29, 2026 -- The rate of e-bike-related emergency department (ED) visits rose 760.2% between January–August 2023 and January–August 2026, while traditional bicycle visits increased only 7.9%, according to a Truveta Data analysis.
E-bike visits climbed from 1.2 to 10.1 per 100,000 people with an ED visit. The traditional bicycle rate moved from 59.4 to 64.1 per 100,000. Traditional bicycles still dominate in absolute volume: the study period recorded 63,811 traditional bicycle ED visits against 4,769 for e-bikes.
Pediatric e-bike ED visit rate rises 19.1-fold to 35.7 per 100,000
Patients aged 0–17 saw the steepest increase, from 1.9 to 35.7 per 100,000, against a 1.5-fold rise for traditional bicycles in the same group. E-bike rates also grew 7.7-fold among 18–24-year-olds, 7.4-fold among 25–44-year-olds, 7.6-fold among 45–64-year-olds and 3.2-fold among those 65 and older.