What Is Bicycle Helmet Safety?

There are 85 million bicycle riders in the United States. 784 bicyclists died on roads in 2005. 92% of them died in crashes involving motor vehicles. About 540,000 bicyclists visit emergency rooms with injuries every year. Of those, about 67,000 have head injuries, and 27,000 have injuries serious enough to be hospitalized. Bicycle crashes and injuries are under-reported, since the majority are not serious enough for emergency room visits. 1 in 8 of the cyclists with reported injuries has a brain injury and two thirds of the deaths that occur are from traumatic brain injury.

Bicycle Helmet Safety Means Wearing A Helmet!

It is believed that a very high percentage of cyclists' brain injuries can be prevented by a helmet, estimated at anywhere from 45 to 88 per cent. Many years of potential life are lost because about half of the deaths are children under 15 years old. Bicycle helmet safety begins with education and education should begin with young children. Bicycle helmets are the law for many U.S. states, and many states who have been slow to adopt such laws are increasingly doing so. Regardless, adopting a helmet safety strategy will only help prevent the chance of injury to you or your child.

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