We estimate the causal effect of shared e-scooter services on traffic accidents by exploiting the variation in the … availability of e-scooter services induced by the staggered rollout across 93 cities in six countries. Police-reported accidents in … bike-lane density. This difference suggests that public policy can play a crucial role in mitigating accidents related to e …

-indifferences estimations, we find an eight percent reduction in the number of traffic accidents and a nine percent reduction in the number of … change in road safety, we do not find that the reduction in traffic accidents persists beyond a Blitzmarathon-day. In terms … of mechanisms, we show that a substitution of traffic from motorized vehicles to other modes of transport not targeted by …