A man in his 40s has been killed while riding an e-scooter across a busy highway in Perth’s northern suburbs.
Police say the man was attempting to cross Reid Highway in Balga at about 6:50pm on Tuesday when he was struck by a white Hyundai Getz hatchback travelling west.
The man was critically injured and died at the scene.
The 18-year-old male driver of the hatchback was uninjured.
Major crash investigators are asking for anyone with dash cam footage or information relating to the incident to contact Crime Stoppers.
The use of e-scooters and e-bikes has surged in recent years. (Supplied: WA Police)
The crash comes less than a week after a 37-year-old man died after the electric bicycle he was riding hit a bus in Parmelia.
A 50-year-old e-bike rider died after colliding with a Transperth bus at an intersection in Swan View in Perth’s north-east last month.
Changes to e-rideable laws on hold
It has been five months since a parliamentary inquiry into WA’s e-rideable laws made 33 recommendations in a bid to make the devices safer for riders and pedestrians.
The inquiry was triggered by the death of Perth father Thanh Phan, who was hit by a drunk e-scooter rider in May last year.
It was expanded when a 59-year-old woman died after being hit by an electric off-road motorbike in July last year.
‘No urgency’: Families of e-rideable accident victims call for action
The recommendations included harsher penalties for riders committing offences, a crackdown on modifications to e-rideables, and better infrastructure to separate e-rideables from pedestrians and cars.
But it was revealed in March the recommendations would not result in immediate change, with the state government writing to the federal government asking it to take action first.
The WA government said at the time that 12 people had lost their lives on WA roads and footpaths due to e-rideable accidents since 2022.
The government banned children under 16 from riding and storing e-rideables at all WA public schools from the start of this year.
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