Compared with cars, electric bicycles are free from traffic jams and parking troubles.
Moreover, the travel cost is low and the traffic is convenient. Electric bicycles are
loved by citizens all over the country. At present, the production and sales of electric
bicycles in my country are also rising continuously. According to statistics from the
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, my country’s output of electric bicycles
reached 27.077 million in 2019, and the social ownership is nearly 300 million, ranking
first in the world.
However, because of the poor safety protection capabilities of
electric bicycles, with the increase in the number of electric vehicles, traffic
accidents caused by electric bicycles have also been increasing year after year.
According to Deng Xiao, deputy director of the Injury Prevention, Control and Mental
Health Office of the Center for Chronic Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control of
the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, among the casualties of road
traffic accidents across the country in 2019, the number of deaths caused by driving
electric bicycles reached 8,639, and the number of injuries. There were 44,677 people,
and the number of casualties was close to 70% of the casualties of non-motor vehicles.
To put it in perspective, on average, one electric bicycle cyclist died every hour in a
road traffic accident, and five electric bicycle cyclists were injured in road traffic
accidents.
According to Deng Xiao, the risk factors for road traffic injuries of electric
bicycles include multiple factors such as people, vehicles and roads. Among the human
factors, speeding is an important cause of traffic accidents.
In addition, studies have shown that craniocerebral injury is the leading cause of death
in road traffic accidents, and in electric bicycle traffic accidents, the proportion of
deaths due to craniocerebral injury is higher, exceeding 80%.
Deng Xiao analyzed that safety helmets can reduce 63% of head injuries and 88% of head
injuries. Two-wheeled motor vehicle drivers who do not wear safety helmets are injured
three times as many as those who wear helmets.
Zhejiang Hangpai Electric Vehicle Industry Co., Ltd