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We aimed to explore the burden of injury from eScooters presenting to Tasmania's major trauma centre during the first 6\u2009months of the Hobart eScooter trial.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We screened all ED presentations and interhospital transfers from 11 December 2021 to 26 June 2022 to identify eScooter\u2010associated injury. All injuries were coded using the Abbreviated Injury Scale and an Injury Severity Score (ISS) was computed for each presentation. Data were entered into the Tasmanian Trauma Registry and then exported into standard statistical software for descriptive analysis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>There were 135 eScooter presentations to the ED and 31 were admitted. Patients were mostly young (median age 27 years) with an even sex distribution. Injuries were mostly minor (median ISS of 2) with injuries to soft tissues and the head and neck predominating. 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