Helmet crash tests: Don't hit the road without one
Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 13:02
in Health & Medicine
A new laboratory study shows bicycle helmets significantly reduce the causes of head, skull and brain injury -- linear and angular head accelerations, and the impact force of a crash. The biomechanical research with crash test dummies found that crashing without a helmet exposes the head to loads up to 9.5 times greater than with a helmet.