Drunk e-scooter driver causes accident in Delmenhorst!

Drunk e-scooter driver causes accident in Delmenhorst!

Oldenburger Straße/Mühlenstraße, 27749 Delmenhorst, Deutschland - A hard traffic accident occurred on Saturday in Delmenhorst, Lower Saxony. A 34-year-old man caused a collision in the area of ​​Oldenburger Straße/Mühlenstraße with his e-scooter around 3:30 p.m. The driver of the e-scooter overlooked the vehicle of a 55-year-old car driver authorized to go to Mühlenstrasse. Fortunately, this remained unharmed, but considerable damage to property was caused by both vehicles, such as Oldenburger Online Zeitung reported.

After the crash, the e-scooter driver tried to move away from the scene of the accident. However, the car driver was able to capture him until the police arrived. A breath alcohol test revealed an alarming number: 2.48 per thousand. The behavior of the 34-year-old also became aggressive when the officers wanted to escort him to the patrol car; He resisted and finally had to be brought to the ground.

episodes for the e-scooter driver

When checking his personal details, it turned out that there was an arrest warrant against the e-scooter driver. As a result, he was brought to a correctional facility. The Delmenhorst police are now carrying out further investigations into the incident in order to clarify all circumstances precisely. However, this is not an isolated case, such as [news.de] (https://www.news.de/lokales/85869253/polizeimessungen-aktuell-aus-delmenhorst-am-15-2025-AutoChnich-in- delmenhorst-heute/1/) supplemented.

The importance of alcohol at the wheel should not be underestimated, especially with regard to the rapid increase of e-scooters on the streets. According to reports from the KFV, the number of e-scooter drivers in Austria has risen from 1,200 in 2019 to 6,000 in 2023, which corresponds to the quintupling of the injuries. It is alarming that 12% of the incrised e-scooter steering people were alcoholic at the time of the accident, while this value is only 4% for car drivers and 3% for motorcyclists, such as KFV reports.

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The average age of the ancient e-scooter drivers is 34 years old, which makes them younger as an accident with e-bikes or bicycles. 90% of the alcoholic e-scooter drivers had a blood alcohol value of over 1.0 per thousand, while 28% even had over 2.0 per thousand. In many cases, these accidents are self -inflicted; 77% of e-scooter accidents go to the driver's account.

The strict legal framework for driving under alcohol is obviously necessary, because the punishments for alcoholic e-scooter drivers range between 800 and 3,700 euros, and even increases up to 5,900 euros for higher alcohol values. The KFV also requires a helmet obligation for all e-scooter drivers and additional safety precautions, since the helmet trage rate is currently only 9%.