{"id":10103,"date":"2026-05-12T23:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T23:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/10103\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T23:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T23:51:08","slug":"e-scooter-rider-dies-after-being-hit-by-car-while-crossing-reid-highway-in-perth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/10103\/","title":{"rendered":"E-scooter rider dies after being hit by car while crossing Reid Highway in Perth"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man in his 40s has been killed while riding an e-scooter across a busy highway in Perth’s northern suburbs.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The man was critically injured and died at the scene.<\/p>\n

The 18-year-old male driver of the hatchback was uninjured.<\/p>\n

Major crash investigators are asking for anyone with dash cam footage or information relating to the incident to contact Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n

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The use of e-scooters and e-bikes has surged in recent years. (Supplied: WA Police)<\/p>\n

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>.<\/p>\n

A 50-year-old e-bike rider died after colliding with a Transperth bus at an intersection in Swan View<\/a> in Perth’s north-east last month.<\/p>\n

Changes to e-rideable laws on hold<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was expanded when a 59-year-old woman died after being hit by an electric off-road motorbike in July last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

‘No urgency’: Families of e-rideable accident victims call for action<\/a>\"A<\/p>\n

The families of two West Australians killed in e-scooter accidents say they are disappointed the government is not acting sooner to better regulate e-rideable devices.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

But it was revealed in March the recommendations would not result in immediate change<\/a>, with the state government writing to the federal government asking it to take action first.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The government banned children under 16 from riding and storing e-rideables at all WA public schools from the start of this year.<\/p>\n

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