Virgen del Rocío Hospital admits two people per day for scooter accidents

This was confirmed this Monday in a note from the hospital’s communications unit, which added that the incidence kept increasing and, after gradual growth in the first years, turnover has doubled from 2021.

That year they registered 430 cases, which increased to 850 in 2024, a figure that has remained stable since 2022. The majority of patients are treated at the Rehabilitation and Trauma Hospital, although cases are also referred to the Children’s Hospital.

By age, 57 percent of the injured, or nearly 1,800 cases, are young people between 18 and 30 years oldwho use the scooter mainly for leisure activities. They are followed by people between 31 and 45 years old, with more than 700 cases, the majority of which are used professionally. 54 percent of patients treated are men.

The doctor Amparo Fernández de Simonof the Trauma Emergency Unit, pointed out that unlike other European cities, in Seville the figures vary little from one month to another due to the weather, although more incidents are recorded in summer and a slight decrease in December and January.

The most common injuries among drivers are extremity fracturesaccording to Dr. Ignacio Pérez Torres, traumatologist in the department. Facial injuries and intracranial trauma, such as brain hemorrhages, are also treated. Hip fractures in older adults are common among pedestrians struck by cars.

Of patients treated through 2024, 58 percent had minor injuries, 23 percent had moderate injuries, and 24 percent had serious injuries. One in ten people had to be hospitalizedwith an average age of 21 years. Of this total, seven percent remained under emergency observation and three percent were hospitalized.