Between 2017 and 2024, emergency departments nationwide treated an estimated 380,000 e-scooter–related injuries and 155,200 e-bike injuries. That’s according to data published in the latest Traffic Research and Education Newsletter from the Traffic Safety Research Group at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV. It documents the growing number of e-micromobility-related accidents in Nevada between 2021 and 2025.

Between 2017 and 2024, emergency departments nationwide treated an estimated 380,000 e-scooter–related injuries and 155,200 e-bike injuries. That’s according to data published in the latest Traffic Research and Education Newsletter from the Traffic Safety Research Group at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV. It documents the growing number of e-micromobility-related accidents in Nevada between 2021 and 2025.

Nine years after the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip, medical professionals at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada say the night of 1 October still shapes how they prepare for disaster — and how they understand the lasting emotional toll on a community.

About 10 minutes after the shooting began, around 10:15 p.m., officers were making their way toward the 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay, where the gunfire was coming from. Around that time, police say the gunman fired his final rounds. As officers worked to reach the hotel room, hospitals across the Las Vegas Valley began preparing for an unprecedented influx of patients.

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UNLV researchers say emergency departments treated nearly 500,000 e-bike and e-scooter injuries between 2017 and 2024, and valley doctors are pushing for stronger safety measures.

Although the 2027 Legislative Session is still months away, the State of Nevada is investing in research that could help create new laws for e-micromobility devices such as e-bikes and e-scooters.

The School of Medicine hopes study will help prevent further tragedies as e-device injuries increase

Team focuses on rising number of e-bike and e-scooter injuries across Nevada.

A long-running UNLV research effort aimed at reducing traffic-related injuries and deaths in Nevada is expanding its focus this year to better understand the growing impact of e-bikes and e-scooters on road safety.

Every summer, hospitals across Clark County treat patients from all walks of life whose bodies can no longer cope with the extreme heat.

Las Vegas’ summer heat is drawing tourists to town this weekend, but health experts are warning that the sun and high temperatures can become dangerous quickly.