Renee Whitehouse was hit by a truck while riding a Lime scooter home from work at a Dunedin bar at 1.45am on January 18.
The University of Otago student sustained serious head injuries.
Police said yesterday the investigation into the incident had been completed.
It had determined the 26-year-old failed to stop at a red traffic signal at the intersection of Dundas and Cumberland Sts, and collided with the southbound Freightliner.
The driver of the Freightliner was not at fault, and made every effort to avoid the collision.
Ms Whitehouse was making steady progress in her rehabilitation.
Police urged Lime scooter users to familiarise themselves with the vehicle prior to any trip.
All users of vehicles had a responsibility to follow rules and regulations set down in the Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004.
Ms Whitehouse, from California, had been in New Zealand for a year, studying for a master's degree in marine archaeology, when the crash occurred.
Her family urged Lime to provide helmets with its e-scooters after the incident.
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Where does the DCC come into this, they are the ones who introduced them, when other cities still had them on trials and Hadn't submitted the final report, They were introduced with little to no guidelines for Dunedin. Bidrose has a MOU with Lime but has anybody seen this? what was in it? Cull was pro these when he was at his pop away crib in Central Otago as interviewed on the radio. Have people taken in to account the lady was American and she may have looked the other way when transiting the intersection because they drive on the other side of the road. Accidents happen and glad she is alive and the truck driver isn't at fault, I hope we all learn from this.
And the negative nancy's will be having a wee cry spouting forth that it was the scooters fault.
Well, the investigation found that it was the rider of the scooter's fault. How is that being a negative nancy?