A computational investigation of the dynamic factors governing severity of head injury to pedestrians involved in e-scooter collisions

摘要: A rapid rise in the popularity of e-scooters has brought forth an increasing number of e-scooter-related conflicts, crashes, and injuries to pedestrians in many cities. There is a pressing need to understand the factors influencing the severity of injury to pedestrians involved in e-scooter collisions. This paper investigates the dynamics of e-scooter-pedestrian collisions and presents a new method for relating the probability of severe head injury to collision speed in e-scooter-pedestrian collisions. A total of 160 computer simulations representing different collision scenarios have been analyzed. Our results have shown that e-scooter speed is the main determinant of the severity of pedestrian head injury. E-scooter speed ranging from 10 to 15 km/h is found to be critical for pedestrian safety as the probability of severe head injury rises rapidly within this speed range. Moreover, an e-scooter-pedestrian collision is more likely …