There were approximately 6,500 more
adult cycling injuries annually Medical costs increased by 137 percent for non-fatal bike crashes
Not exact matches
The law reduced
cycling rates among young
adults, has caused no appreciable change to head
injury rates (versus provinces without such a law), blocked our eight - year efforts to establish a bike - share in Vancouver, while also wasting police and court resources with an unenforceable distraction.
In 1991, Australia became the first country to require cyclists,
adult and child alike, to wear helmets while
cycling, and while there has been a fall in the number of head
injuries recorded among cyclists since then, Associate Professor Dr Chris Rissel and a colleague at the university's school of public health maintain the decline is due to other factors.
«Adolescents and young
adults (15 - 19 years) and
adults aged 40 years and older have the highest bicycle death rates.3 Children (5 - 14 years), adolescents, and young
adults (15 - 24 years) have the highest rates of nonfatal bicycle - related
injuries, accounting for more than one - third of all bicycle - related
injuries seen in U.S. emergency departments.3 Males are much more likely to be killed or injured on bicycles than are females.3 Most bicyclist deaths occur in urban areas and at non-intersection locations.4» https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/bicycle/ Pucher J, Buehler R, Merom D, Bauman A. Walking and
cycling in the United States, 2001 — 2009: Evidence from the National Household Travel Surveys.