The recent successes of British cycling, globally, have propelled cycling into the public consciousness, with an unprecedented increase in children taking up the sport [1]. An increase in bicycle accident related head injury is inevitable and the focus will inevitably turn to whether helmets optimally mitigate the seriousness of head injury in children. Whilst the popularity of bicycle helmets ...

This article examines bicycle use and safety behavior in Paris, Boston, and Amsterdam. Population-adjusted bicycle and passenger car death rates in France, the United States, and The Netherlands provide context for understanding bicycle use and safety behavior. Observation data on helmet use 2 and use of lights at night are also presented. Boston has the fewest bicycles per hour at 55, Paris is...

OBJECTIVES: To design and evaluate a theory-based intervention to encourage the use of protective helmets in school-age cyclists. DESIGN: Two-by-three mixed design on 97 cyclists who did not initially use a helmet: Condition (intervention/control) x Time (pre-intervention/immediately post-intervention/5-month follow-up). METHOD: The intervention builds on a previous study using the Theory of Pl...

BACKGROUND The effectiveness of helmets at preventing cycling fatalities, a leading cause of death among young adults worldwide, is controversial, and safety regulations for cycling vary by jurisdiction. We sought to determine whether nonuse of helmets is associated with an increased risk of fatal head injury. METHODS We used a case-control design involving 129 fatalities using data from a co...