ArticleThe Journal of pediatrics2013
Bicycle helmet laws are associated with a lower fatality rate from bicycle-motor vehicle collisions.
Article in The Journal of pediatrics, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- High speed, high risk: the rise of e-scooter injuries in adolescents.Pediatric research · 2025Review
- Effectiveness of road safety interventions: An evidence and gap map.Campbell systematic reviews · 2024Article
- A taxonomy of childhood pedal cyclist injuries from latent class analysis: associations with factors pertinent to prevention.Injury epidemiology · 2022Article
- Bike helmets prevent pediatric head injury in serious bicycle crashes with motor vehicles.Injury epidemiology · 2020Article
- Adoption of municipal bylaw legislating mandatory helmet use for cyclists under the age of 18: impact on cycling and helmet use.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2020Article
- Preventing injuries must be a priority to prevent disease in the twenty-first century.Pediatric research · 2020Review
- Helmet use and bicycle-related trauma injury outcomes.Brain injury · 2019Article
- Well-being, behavioral patterns and cycling crashes of different age groups in Latin America: Are aging adults the safest cyclists?PloS one · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the association between bicycle helmet legislation and bicycle-related deaths sustained by children involved in bicycle-motor vehicle collisions. STUDY
designWe conducted a cross-sectional study of all bicyclists aged 0-16 years included in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System who died between January 1999 and December 2010. We compared fatality rates in age-specific state populations between states with helmet laws and those without helmet laws. We used a clustered Poisson multivariate regression model to adjust for factors previously associated with rates of motor vehicle fatalities: elderly driver licensure laws, legal blood alcohol limit (<0.08% vs ≥ 0.08%), and household income.
resultsA total of 1612 bicycle-related fatalities sustained by children aged <16 years were evaluated. There were no statistically significant differences in median household income, the proportion of states with elderly licensure laws, or the proportion of states with a blood alcohol limit of >0.08% between states with helmet laws and those without helmet laws. The mean unadjusted fatality rate was lower in states with helmet laws (2.0/1,000,000 vs 2.5/1,000,000; P = .03). After adjusting for potential confounding factors, lower fatality rates persisted in states with mandatory helmet laws (adjusted incidence rate ratio, 0.84; 95% CI, 0.70-0.98).
conclusionBicycle helmet safety laws are associated with a lower incidence of fatalities in child cyclists involved in bicycle-motor vehicle collisions.
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