Steady rider wrote:in 2013 police reported cycle accidents data shows 51% not wearing helmets, these including all accidents.
What's the source for that, please? In particular, is that really all collisions, or only all injury accidents?
Steady rider wrote:in 2013 police reported cycle accidents data shows 51% not wearing helmets, these including all accidents.
RobC wrote:This is a recent report using data from St Marys Hospital. The conclusion is "In a largely urban environment, the use of cycle helmets appears to be protective for certain types of serious intra and extracranial head injuries. This may help to inform future helmet design."
I've read it as a lay person - neither a doctor or a scientist - and it seems to be a compelling argument. I'm sure many of us agree that a helmet does provide a certain degree of protection for certain kinds of injury.
I don't actually wear a helmet - I don't believe the kind of cycling I do is any riskier than any other non-helmeted activity - but given that this study's conclusions are rather pro-helmet and will likely be used by the pro-helmet lobby as a result, I'm interested to know how to counter such arguments faced with research like this.
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/articl ... ne.0185367
Steady rider wrote:DfT source, police reported accidents, 30 police forces out of 44.
RobC wrote:This is a recent report using data from St Marys Hospital. The conclusion is "In a largely urban environment, the use of cycle helmets appears to be protective for certain types of serious intra and extracranial head injuries. This may help to inform future helmet design."
I've read it as a lay person - neither a doctor or a scientist - and it seems to be a compelling argument. I'm sure many of us agree that a helmet does provide a certain degree of protection for certain kinds of injury.
I don't actually wear a helmet - I don't believe the kind of cycling I do is any riskier than any other non-helmeted activity - but given that this study's conclusions are rather pro-helmet and will likely be used by the pro-helmet lobby as a result, I'm interested to know how to counter such arguments faced with research like this.
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/articl ... ne.0185367