Now Career Opportunities Avoid common bicycle accidents, AAA says There's nothing quite as enjoyable for children as a ride on their bikes in the spring. And, for safety's sake, parents should remind their children of the rules of the road and make sure a bicycle helmet is standard equipment, AAA Nebraska advises.
Most bicyclist deaths result from bicycle-motor vehicle collisions.
Nationally, more than 500,000 children annually go to hospital emergency rooms or doctors' offices with bicycle injuries. Buchholz said that children given permission to ride bikes in the street must be able to handle vehicle-bike situations, and that youngsters under the age of nine usually are not able to identify and adjust to many dangerous traffic situations. Up to eighty five percent of such injuries could be eliminated or reduced significantly with helmet use. This is the most frequent accident type for young riders and occurs as the bicyclist enters the road from a driveway, alley or curb without slowing down, stopping or looking for traffic. The bicyclist's sudden entry leaves the motorist too little time to avoid the collision.