Electric scooter passenger, 19, killed in midnight crash with car in Milan

The crash

Shortly after midnight on 12 June 2026, a car and an electric scooter carrying two people collided on Viale dell'Innovazione, a thoroughfare in the Bicocca quarter on Milan's northern edge. The scooter's passenger, a 19-year-old, suffered critical injuries in the impact. The driver of the scooter, also around 20 years old, sustained lighter wounds, and the 21-year-old woman at the wheel of the car was physically unharmed but in a state of shock.

Emergency response

The regional emergency dispatch (Areu) received the first call around 00:20 and sent two ambulances and two medical cars to the scene. Paramedics transported the severely injured passenger under code red to the Niguarda hospital. Despite treatment, he died in hospital from the wounds he received. The scooter driver was taken under code yellow to San Gerardo hospital in Monza with injuries that were not life-threatening. The car driver was also assessed by paramedics and later hospitalised due to the distress caused by the accident.

Investigation launched

Milan's local police immediately began gathering evidence to reconstruct the exact sequence of events. Officers are examining the positions of the vehicles, the testimony of the two survivors and any possible eyewitnesses, and they have not ruled out acquiring footage from surveillance cameras in the area. No determination of fault has been made public yet.

Risks in a transformed district

Viale dell'Innovazione runs through Bicocca, a former industrial zone that has been reconfigured over the past two decades into a university hub, offices and residential blocks. The mix of cars, bicycles and e-scooters now sharing the same road space creates points of friction, especially on wider, faster avenues. The accident, which occurred when the city had quietened but not stopped moving, shows that danger is not confined to the historic centre.

A worrying national trend

The death of the 19-year-old passenger is the latest event in a pattern that is drawing attention. According to ACI-Istat data cited by Italian media, 23 e-scooter drivers died on Italian roads in 2024, a rise of 9.5 percent over the previous year. The number of accidents involving e-scooters climbed from 2,929 in 2022 to 3,365 in 2023 (an increase of 15 percent), while injuries grew from 2,787 to 3,195 in the same period. The mortality index for e-scooters, at 1.1 deaths per 100 crashes, is nearly double that of other vehicles, underscoring the physical exposure of riders.