The claim: 'Report reveals how many lives have been saved by bike helmets'
it says:
"There were 1144 cycling fatalities in the period 1990-2016 and, using the pre-legislation trajectory as a guide, our model estimates 2476 cycling fatalities from 1990 to 2016 if bicycle helmet legislation had not been introduced the report says
The authors of the research have previously published similar flawed research with misleading conclusions.
To see why it is flawed read:
Evaluating cycling fatality risk with a focus on cycle helmet use
http://worldtransportjournal.com/wp-con ... 4.4opt.pdf
For Australia the general road fatality rate per million population reduced from 174 in 1988 to 53 in 2016.
Table 2 – fatalities (17 years and older )
.......................... 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016
Cyclists – C.......................... 33 39 35 37 34 39 32 29
Pedestrians. - P .............491 423 292 306 253 197 172 170
C/P% ..................... ...... 6.7 9.2 11.9 10.2 13.4 16.2 18.6 17.0
% cycling to work 1.56* 1.68* 1.50* 1.24* 1.21* 1.24* 1.29* 1.24*
% walking to work 4.4** 3.9** 3.9** 3.5** 3.5** 4.0** 3.9* 4.2*
* national data
** data from main cities
The reduction in children cycling also contributed to the reduction of deaths.
more details about Australia are provided in 'Evaluation of Australia's bicycle helmet laws', presentation at The Sports Science Summit, O2 venue London UK http://www.cycle-helmets.com/au-assessment-2015.pdf Presented 14 January 2015.