This dashboard is reviewed on a scheduled basis using official injury-surveillance and peer-reviewed sources. It does not update automatically in real time. If you identify a recent change or a possible correction, please contact wheelWISE.
Every figure on this dashboard is traceable to a primary or peer-reviewed source. Where the strongest available evidence is an estimate with a confidence interval, we present the midpoint and say so.
CPSC NEISS (National Electronic Injury Surveillance System) and CPSC micromobility reports; peer-reviewed analyses in JAMA Surgery, JAMA Network Open, Pediatrics, and Injury; NHTSA and CDC data; and named pediatric trauma-center series.
Each statistic is checked against the original publication — not a secondary summary. Numbers that cannot be tied to a citable source are removed rather than displayed.
Reviewed on a scheduled basis (target: monthly) as new CPSC releases and peer-reviewed studies are published. The "Current Through" date reflects the most recent completed review.
We prefer national, peer-reviewed, and government sources over single-institution or media figures. Single-site or preliminary findings are labeled as such and never presented as national rates.
NEISS captures emergency-department visits only — it misses urgent-care, primary-care, and untreated injuries, and small early-year baselines make percentage-growth figures mathematically dramatic. Helmet use is often self-reported. Where a figure is a synthesis across studies or a projection beyond the last published year, we say so on the claim itself. These limitations are disclosed to increase confidence, not to hedge.
A permanent record of what changed at each scheduled review, and why.
Aligned all headline figures to the strongest available primary sources. Corrected the annual-injury figure to CPSC's 149,100 micromobility ED visits (2024) and removed an unsupported 2025 projection. Replaced a "3,117% growth" figure with the peer-reviewed ~30-fold rise in e-bike injuries (2017–2022, JAMA Surgery, 2024). Corrected the JAMA Surgery citation date to February 21, 2024, and its article link. Replaced a "71% on first 5 rides" claim with the better-supported "~1 in 3 e-scooter injuries occur on the first ride." Corrected the fatality figure to CPSC's 135 micromobility deaths (2024). Sources: CPSC 2017–2024 report; JAMA Surgery 2024; JAMA Network Open 2024.
wheelWISE is committed to maintaining accurate injury information. If you identify an error or a newer authoritative dataset, please let us know. Verified updates are incorporated into scheduled research reviews and recorded in the change log above.
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wheelWISE is a program of NorthStar Mentors · Chicago, IL. This dashboard is intended for educational, research, and policy use. Figures are drawn from cited sources and reviewed on a scheduled basis; always consult the original source for compliance or clinical decisions.