Electric bikes and electric scooters have become a fixture of daily life across Southern Nevada. You see them outside high schools in Henderson, along trails near Anthem Hills Park, and weaving through neighborhood streets in Las Vegas and the surrounding valley. For many riders, they represent freedom and convenience. But over the past few years, they’ve also become a growing source of serious, preventable injuries, and the latest data out of Clark County makes the scope of the problem hard to ignore.
In 2025 alone, 200 people, including 30 children, were treated at University Medical Center for injuries related to e-bikes and e-scooters. This is a 400% increase compared to figures from the past three years, according to data presented to Clark County officials. That’s not a gradual trend. That’s a dramatic shift, one that has drawn responses from hospitals, law enforcement agencies, the Clark County Commission, the Henderson City Council, and the Nevada Legislature. Understanding what’s driving these numbers and what’s being done about it is essential for anyone who lives, commutes, or has children in Southern Nevada.
The Numbers Behind Nevada’s E-Device Injury Crisis
The 400% surge cited by Clark County health and traffic officials refers specifically to pediatric e-bike injury cases at University Medical Center (UMC). Since 2023, adult trauma cases at UMC have doubled, while pediatric cases have quadrupled.
Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, home to one of Las Vegas’s busiest trauma centers, treated 253 e-device-related cases in all of 2025. In just the first two and a half months of 2026, we had already treated 140 patients, more than half of the full prior year total. By April 2026, the hospital’s running count for the year had already reached 209, putting it on pace to far exceed 2025. Among those hospitalized for traumatic brain injuries in 2025, 74% were not wearing helmets at the time of their crash.
The national picture tells a similar story. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), micromobility injuries rose nearly 21% from 2021 to 2022, with an estimated average annual increase of 23% going back to 2017. From 2017 through 2022, nearly half of all e-bike-related emergency room visits nationally occurred in 2022 alone. There were approximately 360,800 total emergency department visits related to micromobility devices during that period, with children 14 and under accounting for about 36% of injuries.
Where Crashes Are Happening in the Las Vegas Valley
Specific corridors and locations across Southern Nevada have emerged as consistent crash hot spots for e-device incidents. Coronado Center Drive near Coronado High School in Henderson was documented by the Las Vegas Review-Journal as a location where students on e-scooters, e-dirt bikes, and electric skateboards were regularly observed riding at unsafe speeds, including riders performing wheelies in traffic. The area around Anthem Hills Park has been cited by Henderson Police as a known gathering point for riders of illegal e-motorcycles, which prompted targeted enforcement operations in December 2025 and again during Spring Break 2026.
Parks within Clark County’s unincorporated areas have seen documented incidents involving e-devices operated at speeds well above the county’s established 15 mph limit. The Las Vegas Strip resort corridor itself has become a zone of concern: the new Clark County ordinance that took effect in October 2025 specifically bans e-bikes and e-scooters from operating on the Strip, a response to high pedestrian density and near-miss incidents in that area.
Beyond parks and school zones, crashes have been reported along major arterials throughout the valley. LVMPD updated its traffic action reporting system in early 2026 to track e-bicycles, e-scooters, and e-skateboards as separate categories (previously, many incidents were folded into broader classifications) to identify geographic patterns more accurately. Before that change, full data on which roads saw the most crashes was difficult to aggregate.
What Clark County and Henderson Have Done in Response
Clark County became the first jurisdiction in the Southern Nevada area to mandate helmet use for minor riders when the Clark County Commission unanimously passed a new e-device ordinance in May 2025. The ordinance, which went into full effect in October 2025, establishes a 15 mph speed cap in county parks, bans e-motorcycles from all county park facilities, prohibits stunts and reckless riding, and requires that all e-bikes and e-scooters be equipped with a front white light, rear red reflector, and a bell or horn. Fines start at $150 for a first offense and can reach $600 for repeat violations, with parents financially responsible for their minor children’s citations.
The City of Henderson moved separately, passing two ordinances unanimously in March 2026 that restrict e-motorcycles and e-bikes throughout the city, allow police to impound illegally operated e-motorcycles, and set fines beginning at $100 with escalating penalties for repeat offenders. These rules were built on a February 2025 Henderson ordinance that had already banned illegal e-motorcycle use.
Clark County also partnered with UMC and LVMPD to launch a bilingual public safety campaign in both English and Spanish, covering helmet use, trail speed limits, pedestrian right-of-way, and reckless riding. A school traffic safety working group — including Clark County, CCSD Police, every local municipality, law enforcement agencies, and public health organizations — was assembled and expected to publish a formal set of recommendations by late spring 2026.
Nevada Lawmakers Step In With a Statewide Study
The injury data caught the attention of state legislators as well. Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 4, passed during a 2025 special session, directed the Joint Interim Standing Committee on the Judiciary to conduct a formal study on road safety as it relates to e-bikes and e-scooters. The first hearing convened in March 2026 and brought together transportation agencies, law enforcement, school districts, and public health experts from both Northern and Southern Nevada.
Presenters told lawmakers that brain injuries are the most common serious outcome for e-device riders and that up to 13% of those injuries require hospitalization. The committee’s work is aimed at producing concrete legislative recommendations in time for the 84th Session of the Nevada Legislature, which begins in February 2027. This is a significant development; it signals that piecemeal local ordinances may give way to a coordinated, statewide regulatory approach.
For context on what Nevada is up against nationally: a 2024 study published in the American Journal of Public Health found that population-based e-bike injury rates in the United States increased by 293% from 2019 to 2022. That figure preceded several more years of accelerating adoption and, as Nevada’s own data shows, the steepest part of the curve may still be ahead.
The School Zone Problem Is Particularly Concerning
So far in the 2025–2026 school year, more than 300 students have been struck while traveling to or from school in Southern Nevada. E-scooter-related incidents begin appearing more frequently among riders ages 11 to 13, while e-bike crashes are more concentrated among high school students ages 14 to 18.
This age pattern puts particular scrutiny on areas adjacent to middle and high schools throughout the valley. LVMPD and Clark County officials have acknowledged that school zone enforcement is a priority for the ongoing working group, and that near-daily tracking of student crash data is now being maintained as a result.
FAQs
Are e-bikes and e-scooters legal to ride in Clark County?
Yes, legal e-bikes and e-scooters are permitted in most areas of unincorporated Clark County, though they must follow a 15 mph speed limit in parks and cannot be ridden on the Las Vegas Strip. E-motorcycles (devices without pedals and with a throttle) are prohibited from county park facilities.
Do minors need to wear helmets when riding e-bikes or e-scooters in Nevada?
Under Clark County’s ordinance, riders under 18 are required to wear helmets at all times when operating e-bikes or e-scooters in unincorporated Clark County; Henderson has similar requirements under its own ordinances, and helmets are strongly recommended for all riders regardless of age.
What should I do if my child or I were involved in an e-bike or e-scooter crash in Nevada?
Seek medical attention first, then contact the responding law enforcement agency to ensure a crash report is filed. You can visit our Nevada resources page for guidance on how to obtain an official police report in the state.
Nevada’s E-Device Crash Trends Are a National Problem: How Local Action Is Making a Difference
The injury surge documented across Southern Nevada is striking, but it fits within a national pattern that public health researchers and safety regulators have been tracking for years. What sets Nevada apart right now is the speed and seriousness with which local and state officials are responding. Multiple ordinances have been passed, enforcement campaigns are ongoing, a legislative study is underway, and a regional working group is producing recommendations for schools. That is a meaningful and coordinated response.
If you want to stay informed about crash activity in Nevada, whether near your neighborhood, your child’s school, or your regular commute, Local Accident Reports provides updated accident information from communities across the state.
You can browse Nevada accident reports and updates directly on our site, or check our Nevada crash hot spots page to see which roads and intersections have seen the most incidents. If you need help obtaining an official police report after an e-bike or any other type of crash, we’re here to assist at no charge. Feel free to reach out by calling 888-657-1460 any time; we’re available around the clock.
