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Electric scooters are increasingly becoming a major source of road accidents and danger to life.
According to data provided by the University Trauma Hospital, during 2024, 694 people were injured as a result of accidents involving these vehicles. While in the first 5 months of 2025 alone, 212 cases were registered.
Data provided by Tv Klan shows that most of the injured are young people between the ages of 15 and 30, but there are also cases of children or the elderly being involved in accidents, both drivers of these vehicles and passersby.
The medical records of the Trauma Hospital show that injuries from skateboarding are often severe, including fractures to the head or spine, limbs, and even damage to internal organs.
In Albania, there is still no clear legal regulation for the use of electric skateboards, which determines the minimum age, permitted areas for circulation, or maximum speed.
Currently, the rules used for bicycle users apply, although the specifics of these two vehicles are different.
On the streets of Tirana and other cities, you constantly see skateboard users without protective helmets or cases of two people riding them, which increases the risk of accidents.
Speed is another issue, as these vehicles are not only difficult to spot, but their sudden braking is also considered extremely dangerous. Using them at night increases the risk, as they have poor or no lighting.
Inadequate infrastructure is another disadvantage to their use, as sidewalks and bike lanes are narrow or completely absent on some roads.
As the number of electric skateboard users is increasing and with them the number of accidents, Albania still does not have a clear strategy for their management.
Traffic Police leaders claim off-camera to Tv Klan that they have continuously fined and seized such vehicles, but the lack of clear legislation makes it difficult to find a solution to this phenomenon that risks taking people's lives every day.
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