National statistics find that head injuries cause three out of four serious injuries and deaths that occur in bicycle accidents. At this point, approximately 18 percent of riders wear helmets. The importance of wearing helmets when bicycling cannot be emphasized enough. If all bicyclists wore helmets, one head injury would be prevented every four minutes. By wearing helmets, not only are people being saved, but so are the dollars that would go toward the health care of injured cyclists.
Helmets can only provide the best protection if worn properly.
As the number of bicyclists increase, the attitude toward wearing bicycle helmets needs to shift.