College Station police looking to reduce the number of scooter crashes

This podcast includes comments from the February 26, 2026 College Station city council meeting.College Station police goes to social media to bring up seeing numerous people on scooters being injured in crashes.And the increasing number of scooter crashes was brought up at the last city council meeting (February 26) by police chief Billy Couch.He shared the results of an educational campaign that took place in Northgate in February where out of 60 violations in three hours where officers issued a few tickets and some warnings.Couch said the number of scooter crashes in College Station, reflected in a CSPD document as crashes involving "motorized conveyance" vehicles, rose from 6 in 2023 to 17 in 2024 to 28 in 2025. Couch told councilman Scott Shafer said "motorized conveyance" vehicles included both motorized and non-motorized scooters.The document also showed the number of crashes involving "pedalcyclists" rose from 27 in 2023 to 41 in 2024 to 51 in 2025.The number of CSPD calls to pedestrians who were struck were 28 in 2023, 55 in 2024, and 34 in 2025.Click HERE to read and download the CSPD document detailing pedestrian crashes that was presented at the February 26, 2026 College Station city council meeting.A CSPD Facebook post last week (March 4) also noted that officers "also see numerous drivers distracted by their cell phones while traveling. The City of College Station has adopted a Hands Free Ordinance that makes driving with your cell phone in your hand illegal."