According to Dr. Matthew Clanfield, every three days, an injured child will pass through the emergency department at Sunshine Coast University Hospital.
Between 2023 and 2024,,,,, 176 children were treated at Queensland Hospital.
Some people are lucky with their worn knees. Others suffered life-threatening brain damage, requiring neurosurgery and psychological care.
Clanfield's analysis of the harm under 16 years of injury treated in hospitals has been published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. Cranfield said it was the first data that captured the harm from childhood electronic litigation in Australia, and it was "only the tip of the iceberg".
Analyzing pediatric ED Triage pointed out that the injured person was between 5 and 15 years old. One in 10 people have life-threatening or potentially life-threatening injuries, and more than one third of them have at least a fracture.
According to the patient’s self-reported data, 42% of children did not wear a helmet at the time of the accident. The statutory speed limit for electronic drivers on Queensland roads exceeds the statutory speed limit of 25 km/h; in 13% of cases, two people rode a scooter.
"We have a kid who is 70 km/h per hour in the electronic cab and then drives in a Model T," Cranfield said.
In May, the Crisafulli LNP government announced a parliamentary investigation into E-Bike and Ecooter security, but Clanfield's research calls for "immediate government action" to raise age restrictions to protect children and match other states.
In Queensland, children aged 12 to 15 are allowed to ride in electronic lawsuits if they are riding on an adult on another device. Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory are the only jurisdictions that allow 12-year-old children to legally drive electronic lawsuits.
According to the Australian Public Health Association's CEO Association, users of electronic litigation in New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and Tasmania must be at least 16 years old. The age limit for the Northern Territory and South Australia is 18 years old.
Slevin said the accidents for electronic drivers were "a growing problem". But there is a lack of national data to determine the size of the problem and there is no nationally consistent rule or enforcement of these laws, so it is difficult to solve the problem, he said.
Professor Milad Haghani, a researcher at the University of Melbourne, searched for local news reports published between January 2020 and April 2025 to collect data on e-shoes related to ECOOTER. He confirmed 30 deaths. Among them, those under 11 are under 18 years old.
A serious problem, Slivan said, is that children don’t have a deep understanding of road rules or road safety.
However, he said electronic drivers are also a "general community safety issue" because other roads, sidewalks and bike lane users may be hit by electronic drivers.
Dr Sarah Whitelaw, a federal emergency medicine representative for the Australian Medical Association, said the study reflects what is happening in other states and regions.
Whitelaw said it was "heartbreaking" when the injured patient and his family said, "they didn't know they were so severely injured in the electronic cab.
“Emergency and trauma experts across Australia are increasingly concerned about the amount of injuries we see in children under the age of 18,” she said.
In cases of injuries and deaths in electronic litigation, children are “massively representative” even though electronic litigation is mostly ridden by adults.
Whitelaw said part of the problem is that “unfortunately, these devices are sold to children…and, parents are not clear that in many states and territories, it is illegal to ride outside a house on public property in many states and territories unless you are over 16 years old.
She said the government should improve security laws rather than ban electronic litigation.