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Traffic related deaths
In the period of 2010-2016 the average number of traffic related deaths in the Netherlands per year is 650, of which 30 mobility scooter drivers. This is a 4.7% of the traffic related deaths. Compared to the average of 184 cyclist that died pear year in this period of time, which is 28% of traffic related deaths, this seems like a low number. But the fact is that 84% the Dutch own a bicycle, which means that there are at least 13 million cyclist in the Netherlands (using 16 million inhabitants). This while there are less than 400 thousand mobility scooters. Which translates to more than 0.0075% of the mobility scooters having fatal accidents, while less than 0.0014% of the cyclists have fatal accidents. Which means a mobility scooter driver is at least 5 time more likely to die in a traffic related accident than a cyclist.
Elderly in mobility scooters
