Safety Awareness Dispatch
SA 26-10 E-Scooter Mishaps/Episode VIII "The Last E-Scooter"
Across the country, e-scooter ER visits went up again last year, A LOT, just as they have every year since 2020.1 But the good news is Navy and Marine Corps e-scooter injuries didn’t. By our unofficial Safety Awareness research team count, there were 16 reported mishaps in FY 2025 and 13 in 2024, both of which are down from 24 in 2023. Perhaps seven years of dispatches are getting the message across. We do know that some commands and bases have taken the (wise) step of restricting or prohibiting e-scooter use. Help us, help you to keep the trend going down. We don’t want you to get hurt, and you don’t want to either. With that in mind, read on.
| Published: | June 2, 2026 |
The Safety Awareness team creates concise, readable (and sometimes funny) safety lessons to help Sailors, Marines and civilian employees (and their families) avoid repeating a mishap. Our goal is to make people think! We do our best to tell a story that people will remember – that they’ll recall when going through their normal day – that empowers them to identify hazards, accept “ownership” and responsibility for those hazards (in their community, command, and home), and take action.
