Traffic accidents involving a light driver

Yesterday’s news that the number of accidents involving scooters has increased brought one in the comment the following question:

I would like to know how big a proportion it is between Bolt/Tuul renters vs. drivers who own a personal scooter.

Well, let’s see what can be done. The number of accidents can be From the open data portal. This dataset contains cases registered by the police. From the beginning of 2021, accidents involving a light motor vehicle have also been noted. Only Bolt, Tuul or something else can’t get it. Fortunately, since May this year PPA 24-hour traffic information brands of scooters have also started to be indicated in the notices. Thus, data is available for the last almost three months.

The number of light vehicle accidents with injuries by month. The last three months have shown a split between Bolt, Wind and unspecified movers.

Although the data line is quite short, it seems that by month, almost half of the cases are due to rental drives, while the Bolt is almost three times more than the Tuule.