"All bicyclists should wear properly fitted bicycle helmets every time they ride. A helmet is the single most effective way to prevent head injury resulting from a bicycle crash."

- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

2009 Statistik – NHTSA

• 630 bicyclists died on US roads in 2009
• 51,000 bicyclists were injured in traffic in 2009
• 13% of bicyclists killed were between
  5 and 15 years old
• Average age of a bicyclists killed on US roads: 41
• Average age of a bicyclists injured on US roads: 31
• Bicyclists 15 and under killed: 85. Injured: 10,000
• Bicyclists 16 to 34 killed: 137. Injured: 24,000
• Bicyclists 35 to 54 killed: 244. Injured: 12,000
• Bicyclists 55 and older killed: 164. Injured: 5,000

(Source: http://www.nhtsa.gov/Bicycles)

"Wearing a bike helmet can reduce the risk of head injury by 85 percent. It can save your life."

• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
• Bicycle helmets have been shown to reduce the risk of head injury by as much as 85% and the risk of brain injury by as much as 88%.
• It is estimated that 75% of bicycle-related fatalities among children could be prevented with a bicycle helmet.
• Use of bicycle helmets by children ages 4 to 15 could prevent between 135 and 155 deaths, between 39,000 and 45,000 head injuries, and between 18,000 and 55,000 scalp and face injuries yearly.
• 91% of bicyclists killed in 2008 reportedly weren’t wearing helmets.
  (Source: http://www.bhsi.org/stats.htm)