Originally Posted by
I-Like-To-Bike
Don't forget, according to the authors of this article a "traumatic injury" can mean anything, and that means anything from the slightest boo-boo or less; a "serious traumatic injury" only requires any kind of medical attention. Hardly the definition of traumatic injury envisioned by anybody familiar with the English language but may be useful for a researcher with an agenda to prove.
So more like 10 head injuries and 15 face injuries which required medical attention. And who knows if a helmet helped with a face injury or not.
The other thing wrong with the quote I posted is that it doesn't specify that the bareheaders suffered serious traumatic injury to the head, where a helmet might have mitigated injury, only that helmet use was the only statistical difference between those who suffered either traumatic injury or serious traumatic injury.