Originally Posted by
wphamilton
daihard, it also has some information about bicycle-car crashes. Interesting to me, about half of the serious injuries in bike-car collisions involved a head/brain injury. About half did not.
Thanks for your reply. I did see mentions of the bicycle-car accidents, just not as the main focus of the study.
Six Jours might be pleased to note that the "risk factor" in car-bike collisions, when multiple injuries are considered, is only 0.18 higher when not wearing a helmet. It's only 157 of those injuries per billion kilometers however, so it's easy to understand why the Netherlands riders aren't that gung-ho on wearing helmets.
I think whether or not to wear a bicycle helmet comes mainly down to risk assessment. I can understand how one decides not to wear one based on the risk factors outlined in this study.
And with the risk factor being only 0.18 higher, bike helmets sure don't seem to be very effective when it comes to car-bike accidents.
