Background: Bicycling injuries claim more than 900 lives each year in the United States, and
the major cause of deaths is head injuries. Bicycle helmets can prevent head and brain …

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a wide-scale, long-term community promotional effort
would increase the use of bicycle helmets among children. DESIGN: Over 2 years, a non …

Head injury is the leading cause of death and serious morbidity in bicycle accidents. There
is good evidence to recommend helmets, yet few children wear them. We evaluated helmet …

The use of bicycle helmets substantially reduces the risk for serious head injuries during
bicycle-related crashes. Despite this benefit, epidemiologic data indicate a worldwide low …

Bicycle helmet use in the United States has remained low despite clear demonstration of its
beneficial effect on reducing the incidence of serious head injury. Several interventions have …

Each year in the United States, 280 children die from bicycle crashes and 144,000 are
treated for head injuries from bicycling. Although bicycle helmets reduce the risk of head …

Background: Bicycle trauma is a common cause of recreational death and disability and
helmets have been shown to reduce fatal and non-fatal head and face injuries. This study …

To reduce bicycle-related head injuries in children, we propose new regulations be
established that mandate the inclusion of approved helmets with the sale of all new …

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of California's bicycle helmet law on
bicycle-related head injuries in San Diego County with a year 2000 population of …

Background: About 50 Canadian children and adolescents die each year from bicycle-
related injuries, and 75% of all bicycle-related deaths are due to head injuries. Although the …