TRENDS IN HELMET USAGE RATES AND BICYLCIST NUMBERS SUSTAINING HEAD INJURY - JULY 1981 TO DECEMBER 1985 - VICTORIA

About 30 bicycle riders are killed and 1200 injured each year on Victorian roads. Head injuries are the cause of about 80% of cyclist fatalities and constitute 35% of reported injuries. Since 1980 helmet wearing promotion campaigns have resulted in substantial increases in bicycle helmet wearing rates. These increases have been accompanied by an encouraging decrease in the number of bicyclists killed or admitted to hospital with head injuries. This report describes these trends.

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  Victoria Road Safety and Traffic Authority, Australia

  854 Glenferrie Road
  Hawthorne, Victoria  Australia  3122
• Authors:
  • Healy, D J
• Publication Date: 1986-8

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: 16 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cyclists; Fatalities; Head; Helmets; Injuries; Traffic crashes; Trend (Statistics)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Head injuries
• Geographic Terms: Australia; Victoria (Australia)
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00496175
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• ISBN: 0 7306 0039 4
• Report/Paper Numbers: GR/86/11, HS-039 769
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 31 1990 12:00AM