Are e-bikes or e-scooters more dangerous to ride in cities?

By Stephen Beech

E-bicy

E-scooters have often been identified as more dangerous than electric bikes, but safety experts say that picture changes when they are compared on equal terms.

The new study shows that the crash risk is eight times higher for e-bikes than for e-scooters, calculated based on the trip distance with rental vehi

The Swedish research team says their "surprise" findings suggest that previous studies have "grossly underestimated" the safety of e-scooters in relation to e-bicy

E-scooters have become an increasingly common means of transport in cities.

A number of previous studies have identified e-scooters as far more dangerous than e-bikes and ordinary bicy

But according to the new study from Sweden's Chalmers University of Technology , it is not as simple as that