@Pepijn definitely lots more to be done! This journal has a 1000 word limit, so it's meant to be very brief single-result papers. They talk about trip purpose in the "future research" section!

@Andres4NY yes, definitely. Other research (with different methods) has found the opposite, and I don't feel like there's a good explanation for why it should be lower for e-bikes.

@ansible42 the motor stops boosting at 25, yes. I've definitely gone faster than the limit on my e-bikes if going downhill, for instance.

These rates are an order of magnitude higher than injury rates for driving in Canada, by comparison (0.3 injuries or fatalities per million km in 2023).

But I would argue that per distance is not the right comparison for cars vs. bikes, and something more like rate per trip would be better.

Canadians drive something like 15,000 km per year on average. Bike commuters' average trip is 20 minutes, so even if you biked to work every weekday, you would still be under 4000 km biked for the year.

A finding that e-bike injury risk in Oslo, Norway is *lower* than conventional bike risk after adjusting for distance traveled.

Caveat for North American readers: e-bikes in the EU are speed-limited to 25 km/h.

https://findingspress.org/article/157852-relative-injury-risk-of-e-bikes-and-conventional-bicycles