The figures for 2025 were ominous, as a total of 109 traffic accidents involving electric scooters were recorded throughout Greece, including two fatalities and four serious incidents.
Even more worrying, physicians report hundreds of cases of injuries involving minors from scooters across the country, in the face of now strict penalties for violations.
Across Europe, countries such as Spain, Germany, and France have introduced strict regulations for electric scooters, including mandatory insurance. At the same time, the electric scooter market in Greece is growing at an annual rate of 40%, yet the state response has been slow.
One indicative case involves a 14-year-old teen recently treated at Athens’ Aghia Sofia Children’s Hospital’s ICU. The youth had been fighting for his life after falling from an electric scooter and eventually recovered. However, he is neither the first nor the last to pass through hospital doors following a scooter accident. Doctors say that injury cases involving minors—often quite serious—number in the “several hundreds” nationwide.
The president of the hospital physicians’ union, Michalis Giannakos, recently noted that “dozens of underage children arrive at pediatric hospitals injured, seriously or less seriously, due to scooters. Something must change in driving behavior and protective measures.”
Available data
Currently, it is nearly impossible to determine exactly how many minors—and adults—are injured using e-scooters in Greece. This is because, unlike in other countries, detailed statistics are not maintained. Even if they were, it would be difficult to obtain accurate figures, as in many cases—especially involving minors—the true cause of the accident is not reported.
According to the latest available data from Greek Police, 109 scooter-related traffic accidents were recorded in 2025: two fatal, four serious and 103 minor. In the first two months of 2026 alone, 17 accidents have already been reported—1 serious and 16 minor. These figures include all users, not just minors.
Converted into frequency, the 109 accidents in 2025 correspond to about 9.1 accidents per month and roughly 0.30 per day—approximately one accident every 3.3 days. It is estimated that within one year, around 400 children required hospital treatment for minor or major injuries while riding scooters. For the first two months of 2026, the rate remains similar, at approximately 0.29 accidents per day.
A characteristic example is the case of a 14-year-old girl found unconscious and bleeding—discovered by chance by an ICU nurse from the Aghia Sofia Children’s Hospital—on a street in central Athens late last December. Initially, it was believed she had been struck and abandoned by a reckless driver while out singing carols. Only after regaining consciousness did she explain what had happened: she had found an activated electric scooter, taken it for a ride and fell, hitting her head.
It should be noted that there is no precise data on how many electric scooters are in circulation in Greece, nor how many are used by licensed adults, unlicensed adults, or minors. What is known is that this market segment is growing rapidly—at around 40% annually. According to independent private-sector research, about 125,000 electric scooters were in circulation in Greece by 2020, with annual sales of around 20,000 units.