• The Directorate for Economic Analysis, a division of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) that tracks the safety effects of CPSC policies, predicts this year’s scooter sales to be 2 to 5 million units - an increase from virtually zero in 1999.

• Two-thirds of all scooter-related injuries are to males. For the first time, in September 2000, scooter injuries surpassed in-line skating injuries.

• In the year 2000, there were almost 40,000 emergency room treated injuries associated with scooters.

• In September of that year alone, there were 8,600 injuries - an increase of nearly 1,800 percent from May to September 2000.

• Children under age 15 are the most common users of scooters.

• About 90 percent of the injuries sustained in scooter crashes happen to children under 15.

• Nearly one third of injuries sustained in scooter crashes in 2000 have involved children under age eight.

• Proper use of helmets could reduce brain injuries by 85 percent.

• Brain injuries can be particularly serious in children, whose heads are proportionately larger than adults so they tend to land head first.

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