In Alabama, there have been only 11 incidences of scooter crashes in the past five years, according to data compiled by the Center for Advanced Public Safety (CAPS) at the University of Alabama. Of those 11 crashes, nine of them occurred to youths who were under the age of 18. The data doesn’t break down into electric or non-electric scooters. “I just don’t think there are many of them out there right now and we still have 11 crashes,” said David Brown, a professor and CAPS research associate at the University of Alabama. “Just with this thing in Mobile, I expect there will be a major increase that we will detect here and it should be interesting.”