Elektrinių paspirtukų eismo įtaka avaringumui
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The rapidly growing popularity of electric scooters in recent years gave a possibility to the road user to choose another alternative mode of transportation. On the one hand, it is an ecological means of transportation in the city, enabling to quickly reach your destination, on the other hand, it is a vehicle causing risk to road safety. Improper parking of e-scooters creates obstacles on sidewalks, contributes to visual pollution in the city, etc. With the increasing use of e-scooters, the number of conflicts or even road accidents with other road users increases – pedestrians, cyclists, motor vehicles and even other e-scooter riders. This article presents an analysis of road accidents with e-scooters in 2019–2020 in Lithuania.